Table 1.

Clinical and nutritional characteristics of PD patients.

Variables	Total (n = 49)
Dialysis vintage (months)	10.0 (5.0–18.0)
Kt/V total*	2.2 ± 0.5
Kt/V peritoneal**	1.4 (1.1–1.7)
Kt/V renal**	0.6 (0.3–1.1)
Weight (kg)	68.8 ± 15.5
Body Mass Index (Kg/m2)	25.8 ± 4.3
Phase angle (°)	5.4 ± 1.1
Overhydration (L)	0.8 ± 1.1
Hemoglobin (mg/dL)	11.3 ± 1.5
Urea (mg/dL)	99.3 ± 24.9
Creatinine (mg/dL)	9.1 ± 2.8
Albumin (g/dL)	3.6 ± 0.4
C-reactive protein (mg/L)	0.5 (0.5–1.0)
Tumor necrosisfactor-alpha (ng/L)	16.9 (13.8–21.4)

Data are expressed as numbers only, mean ± standard deviation, number (%), or median (interquartile range).

Kt/V: Fractional clearance of urea;

^*n = 47;

^**n = 46.