TABLE 2.

Change of laboratory parameters of study population within 3 months

	Total n = 123	CAPD n = 53 (43%)	RM‐APD n = 40 (33%)	APD n = 30 (24%)	p value
Interval between laboratory tests (days)	97 ± 31	92 ± 29	96 ± 28	102 ± 37	.2
Haemoglobin, g/dl
First	10.7 ± 1.83	10.64 ± 1.86	10.61 ± 1.62	10.9 ± 2.12	.8
Last	10.5 ± 2.01	10.34 ± 2	10.45 ± 1.74	10.88 ± 2.4	.6
p value	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3
Ferritin, ng/ml
First	372 ± 249	385 ± 277	387 ± 208	338 ± 233	.7
Last	404 ± 299	398 ± 335	460 ± 237	375 ± 278	.2
p value	0.03	0.6	0.02	0.1
BUN, mg/dl
First	47.7 ± 13.5	52.5 ± 15	47 ± 11.6	41.4 ± 11.2	.002
Last	48.4 ± 13	51.6 ± 11.8	46.7 ± 11.2	44.7 ± 16.45	.07
p value	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.1
Creatinine, mg/dl
First	8.38 ± 3.1	8.42 ± 2.82	9.1 ± 3.07	7.37 ± 3.4	.07
Last	8.62 ± 3.3	9.09 ± 3.05	9.18 ± 3.3	6.97 ± 3.37	.02
p value	0.01	0.03	0.9	0.09
Calcium, mg/dl
First	8.85 ± 0.86	8.65 ± 0.85	9.2 ± 0.62	8.77 ± 1.08	.02
Last	8.88 ± 0.98	8.83 ± 1.17	8.98 ± 0.63	8.83 ± 1.01	.8
p value	0.08	0.08	0.5	0.1
Phosphorus, mg/dl
First	4.98 ± 1.27	5.2 ± 1.34	4.97 ± 1.34	4.66 ± 1	.2
Last	5.24 ± 1.39	5.53 ± 1.22	4.99 ± 1.65	5.05 ± 1.27	.2
p value	0.02	0.06	0.5	0.001
Albumin, g/dl
First	3.64 ± 0.44	3.75 ± 0.47	3.69 ± 0.28	3.43 ± 0.52	.007
Last	3.71 ± 0.44	3.79 ± 0.49	3.76 ± 0.3	3.49 ± 0.48	.02
p value	0.02	0.3	0.2	0.04
Alkaline phosphatase, U/L
First	118 (59–862)	117 (59–368)	119 (62–862)	118 (42–628)	.9
Last	125 (51–962)	129 (51–355)	120 (63–962)	125 (48–330)	.8
p value	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.8
Parathyroid hormone, pg/ml
First	367 (7–2348)	330 (42–2348)	413 (94–2100)	297 (7–1956)	.2
Last	395 (9–2340)	386 (14–2340)	426 (115–2260)	398 (9–808)	.2
p value	0.048	0.09	0.4	0.01

Abbreviations: APD, automatized peritoneal dialysis; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CAPD, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; RM‐APD, remote monitoring automatized peritoneal dialysis.