Effect of exercise training and dopamine agonists in patients with uremic restless legs syndrome: a six-month randomized, partially double-blind, placebo-controlled comparative study

Table 1 Patient’s characteristics data divided in three groups according to the assigned intervention

Variables	Exercise group	Dopamine agonists group	Placebo group
N	15	7	7
Female/Male	4/11	3/4	2/5
Age (yr)	56.4±12.5	55.7±10.4	56.8 ±16.5
BMI (Kg/m²)	27.0±3.6	27.4±5.6	25.3±1.7
Kt/V	1.2±0.2	1.3±0.1	1.2 ±0.0
Years in Hemodialysis	3.9±1.3	4.0±1.7	3.6±1.5
Iron (μg/dl)	58.6± 17.4	64.5±14.2	61.4±12.6
Hct	36.8±5.7	40.0±3.6	37.1±2.0
Hb (g/dL)	12.1±2.0	13.5±1.1	12.0±0.6

All data are mean ± SD. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, Kt/V Dialysis efficiency, Hct Hematocrit, Hb Hemoglobin.

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