Table 2.

Comparisons of the changes in biochemical markers and dialysis adequacy in both dialysis groups.

	Baseline			12 weeks
	MCO (n = 24)	High-flux (n = 25)	P	MCO (n = 24)	High-flux (n = 25)	P
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	10.6 ± 0.9	10.7 ± 1.1	0.859	10.9 ± 0.9	11.0 ± 1.0	0.697
Albumin (g/dL)	4.11 ± 0.38	4.06 ± 0.33	0.635	3.98 ± 0.27	4.04 ± 0.33	0.450
Creatinine (mg/dL)	10.8 ± 2.5	9.6 ± 2.5	0.093	11.5 ± 2.9	10.0 ± 3.1	0.086
Phosphate (mg/dL)	3.88 ± 0.93	4.05 ± 1.08	0.561	4.08 ± 1.39	4.36 ± 1.35	0.471
BUN (mg/dL)	60.3 ± 16.1	63.2 ± 18.7	0.565	65.5 ± 18.8	60.2 ± 18.2	0.318
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	125.1 ± 27.7	126.4 ± 28.3	0.874	128.1 ± 31.4	121.6 ± 33.8	0.491
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	41.8 ± 12.1	44.1 ± 12.4	0.510	44.7 ± 14.2	43.1 ± 15.7	0.706
Ultrafiltration (L)	1.99 ± 0.84	1.98 ± 0.93	0.964	2.16 ± 0.82	1.98 ± 0.86	0.444
Single-pool Kt/V	1.61 ± 0.22	1.67 ± 0.22	0.296	1.64 ± 0.18	1.68 ± 0.22	0.411

Abbreviations: MCO, medium cut-off; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.