Table 1.

Characteristics of HD Patients in This Study

	Total (n = 19)	Group I (n = 15)	Group II (n = 4)	Group III (n = 4)
Age (years)	58.4 ± 8.8 (39–71)	57.1 ± 9.3 (39–71)	52.8 ± 5.9 (45–59)	63.3 ± 5.2 (56–67)
Duration of HD (years)	14.1 ± 7.3 (1–25)	12.9 ± 7.5 (1–25)	12.0 ± 8.8 (2–23)	18.5 ± 4.7 (15–25)
Kidney disease (n)	12; 1; 1; 5	11; 1; 1; 2	2; 0; 0; 2	1; 0; 0; 3
Female; male (n)	6; 13	6; 9	1; 3	0; 4
Bone biopsies		Pre‐PTX	Pre‐PTX	Pre‐PTX
		Post‐PTX (3.8 ± 0.4 weeks)	Post‐PTX (4 weeks)	Post‐PTX (4 weeks)
			Post‐PTX (1 year)

Nineteen HD patients were divided into three groups: group I, II, and III. Kidney disease included chronic glomerular nephritis, polycystic kidney disease, hypertension, and unknown. All variables are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 19).

HD = hemodialysis; PTX = total parathyroidectomy.