Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients

	Completed the 12- week treatment	Did not complete the 12- week treatment
	n=38	n=16
Age (years)	55.6±15.7	58.4±12.3
Male, n (%)	11 (29.0)	9 (56.3)
Dialysis duration (months)	26.2±28.9	29.4±15.4
Dialysis frequency (/week)	3.0±0.0	3.0±0.0
Dialysis duration (hours)	4.0±0.0	4.0±0.0
Primary disease Chronic glomerulonephritis	24 (63.2%)	12(75.0%)
Diabetic nephropathy	4 (10.5%)	1 (6.3%)
Goodpasture syndrome	2 (5.3%)	0
Kidney damage by drugs	2 (5.3%)	0
Unknown	6 (15.8%)	3 (18.8%)