Table 2.

Summary characteristics of study population

Characteristic	Patient Data (n = 17)
Mean Age (SD)	76.2 (± 3.6)
Male / Female Gender (n)	11/6
Mean years on Dialysis (SD)	4.4 (± 2.5)
Mode of dialysis - HD/PD (n)	12/5
Mean Charlson’s Comorbidity Score (SD)	5 (± 2)
Mean Karnofsky Score (SD)	70 (± 10)
Diabetes (%)	35
Hypertension (%)	70
Ischaemic Heart Disease (%)	24
Peripheral Vascular Disease (%)	42
Mean Biochemical parameters (SD)
Haemoglobin g/L	114 (± 10)
Albumin g/L	33 (± 3)
Phosphate mmol/L	1.57(± 0.25)
Kt/V Urea (those on haemodialysis)	1.30 (± 0.12)