Table 2.

Mean Phosphate Binder Pill Burden Stratified by Serum Phosphorus Categories

	PPD by sP (mg/dL) Categories at Specified Study Quarters
Time Period	≤5.5	5.6–6.5	6.6–7.5	7.6–8.5	>8.5
Baseline (−Q1)	7.3 (4.0)	8.0 (3.9)	8.8 (4.1)	9.0 (3.7)	9.8 (4.4)
SO follow-up Q1	3.8 (1.7)	4.0 (1.6)	4.3 (1.8)	4.4 (1.7)	4.2 (1.6)
SO follow-up Q2	3.9 (1.7)	3.9 (1.5)	4.7 (2.1)	4.4 (2.0)	4.3 (1.4)
SO follow-up Q3	4.1 (1.8)	4.4 (1.9)	4.4 (1.8)	4.3 (1.9)	4.7 (2.2)
SO follow-up Q4	4.0 (1.8)	4.5 (1.8)	4.6 (2.2)	4.3 (2.0)	4.8 (2.0)

PPD, pills per day; SO, sucroferric oxyhydroxide; sP, serum phosphorus.

Summary estimates are presented as mean (standard deviation).