Table 2.

Biochemical indices of home hemodialysis patients before and after returning home

	Before HHD training						Before returning home			6 months later			12 months later			24 months later
	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3
Blood flow (ml/min)	260	210	250	250	260	250	260	210	250	260	210	250	260	210	/	260	/	/
Dialysate flow (ml/min)	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	/	/
Kt/V	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.44	1.57	1.7	1.40	1.42	1.6	1.42	1.42	/	1.53	/	/
URR	70	63	56	60	65	70	71	75	75	70	72	75	70	72	/	72	/	/
Hemoglobin (g/L)	111	123	130	116	120	115	117	100	108	138	108	106	114	108	/	131	/	/
Erythropoietin dose (weeks)	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	10,000 u	/	7000 u	/	/
Albumin (g/L)	40	37	40.7	39	40	39	41.8	40.1	36.4	45.4	41.4	39.6	44.5	41.4	/	43.8	/	/
Calcium (mmol/L)/phosphorus (mmol/L)	2.4/1.57	2.4/2.55	2.3/1.54	2.4/1.67	2.3/1.8	2.5/1.9	2.4/1.21	2.42/2.05	2.34/1.41	2.30/2.46	2.33/2.05	2.35/1.69	2.46/1.87	2.33/2.05	/	2.46/1.89	/	/
Parathyroid hormone (pg/ml)	38	281	123	300	150	200	94.4	181	123	247	177	102	152	177	/	78.1	/	/
Types of antihypertensive drugs	4	1	3	1	2	2	4	1	3	4	1	3	4	1	/	4	/	/
Residual renal volume (ml/day)	500	1000	500	800	500	1000	500	1000	500	500	1500	500	500	1500	/	300	/	/
Brain natriuretic peptide (pg/ml)	350	71	227	250	45	150	135	95	56	458	127	95	71	127	/	82	/	/
Beta 2 microglobulin (Before/After hemodialysis)	33/5.6	27/9.7	23/4.5	23/9.5	28/4.5	25/5.1	33.1/5.5	26.9/9.9	22/4.2	34.2/16.3	28.6/10.3	21.8/4.8	36.1/13.3	28.6/10.3	/	38.9/7.2	/	/

Kt/V urea clearance index, URR urea decline rate, EPO: erythropoietin