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Table 4 Number of patients (%) who required increased dose of dialysate bicarbonate

From: Differential effects of phosphate binders on pre-dialysis serum bicarbonate in end-stage kidney disease patients on maintenance haemodialysis

 

Before June 2009 (N=51/292)

Between July 2009 and December 2009 (N=37/260)

Between January 2010 and June 2010 (N=21/237)

Group A (Ca & Al)

10/108

5/83

6/81

Group B (SH)

21/80

17/76

6/68

Group C (LC)

0/24

0/22

1/21

Group D (SH & Ca/Al)

19/60

13/59

5/50

Group E (LC & Ca/Al)

1/20

2/20

3/17

P Value (B&D cf. A)

<0. 001

<0. 004

0 .67

  1. Group A (Calcium and/or Aluminum binders).
  2. Group B (Sevelamer hydrochloride alone).
  3. Group C (Lanthanum carbonate alone).
  4. Group D (Sevelamer hydrochloride and Calcium and/or Aluminum binders).
  5. Group E (Lanthanum carbonate and Calcium and/or Aluminum binders).
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