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. 2019 Dec 5;14(12):e0225824. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225824

Table 5. Calcium mass balances.

A1.5 A1.25 C1.5 P-value# Post-hoc (p-value, pairwise)*
1 2 3
Calcium
mmol/treatment
Total 5.67 [0.59; 9.54] -2.4 [-6.19; 1.78] -2.00 [-5.25; -0.18] <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.91
Diffusive 6.4 [3.1; 10.2] -1.80 [-5.8; 3.4] -1.60 [-3.6; 1.8] <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.88
Convective^ -3.45 [-4.165; -1.62] - 2.84 [-3.33; -1.25] -2.90 [- 3.64; -1.42] <0.01 0.03 0.11 0.18
Correlation (r; p-value) -0.08; 0.74 -0.15; 0.95 -0.03; 0.91

Note: Data are expressed as median with 25th and 75th percentile.

^Patients without ultrafiltration during dialysis were left out.

#P-values were calculated with Friedman test.

*Post hoc p-values were calculated with Wilcoxon Signed Rank test as pairwise comparisons and a p-value <0.017 was considered statistically significant based on Bonferroni correction. Correlation is between the delta calcium mass balance and delta T50, calculated with Spearman rho (showed as correlation; p-value). A1.5 = acetic-acid dialysate with 1.50mmol/l calcium, A1.25 = acetic-acid dialysate with 1.25mmol/l calcium, C1.5 = citric-acid dialysate with 1.50mmol/l calcium. 1 = A1.5 vs. A1.25; 2 = A1.5 vs. C1.5; 3 = A1.25 vs. C1.5.