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. 2023 Jan 5;24:5. doi: 10.1186/s12882-022-03012-1

Table 2.

Change in study measures pre-post hemodialysis

Average pre dialysis (SD) Average post dialysis (SD) Change in average study measure
[average post-pre]
P-value ICC
Clinical Parameters
 Weight (kg) 54.3 (11.3) 52.4 (11.3) -1.9 < 0.0001 0.99
 SBP (mmHg) 125.8 (6.9) 113.7 (6.94) -12.1 < 0.0001 0.97
 DBP (mmHg) 74.7 (5.0) 68.2 (5.0) -6.5 0.003 0.96
Ultrasound
 IVCmin (cm) 1.2 (0.2) 1.0 (0.2) -0.16 0.04 0.37
 IVCmax (cm) 1.5 (0.2) 1.3 (0.2) -0.24 0.002 0.47
 IVCCI 0.2 (0.03) 0.2 (0.03) -0.02 0.5 0
 Lung B-lines (n) 12.5 (5.2) 9.4 (5.2) -3.2 < 0.0001 0.99
 Muscle Elastography (m/s) 2.6 (0.2) 2.7 (0.2) 0.05 0.75 0.14
 Dermal Thickness (mm) 1.4 (0.15) 1.3 (0.15) -0.12 0.02 0.49
Bioimpedance

 BIS %ECF

[%ECF = ECF/Wt*100]

25.0(0.9) 23.6 (0.9) -1.4 < 0.0001 0.76
 BIS ECF (L) 13.2 (2.3) 12.0 (2.3) -1.3 < 0.0001 0.97

 BIS %ICF

[%ICF = ICF/Wt*100]

30.5 (1.7) 34.3 (1.7) 3.8 < 0.0001 0.88
 BIS ICF (L) 16.9 (3.9) 18.6 (3.9) 1.7 < 0.0001 0.99
Anthropometry
 Triceps Skinfold Thickness (mm) 10.7 (1.7) 10.4 (1.7) -0.3 0.253 0.96
 MUAC (cm) 25.6 (2.7) 25.1 (2.7) -0.5 < 0.0001 0.99
 Calf Circumference (cm) 32.2 (2.8) 31.6 (2.8) -0.6 < 0.0001 0.99
 Ankle Circumference (cm) 19.6 (1.5) 19.3 (1.5) -0.3 0.01 0.97

BIS Bioimpedance, cm centimeter, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, ECF Extracellular fluid, ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, IVC Inferior vena cava, IVCCI IVC collapsibility index, mm millimeter, ICF Intracellular fluid, kg kilograms, L Liters, m/s meter/second, max maximum, min minimum, mmHg millimeters of mercury, MUAC Mid-upper arm circumference, n number, SD Standard deviation, SBP Systolic blood pressure, Wt Weight