Table 2 Baseline Demographics

Total Participants (N)

31

18

28

Gender (female, %)

32

39

43

0.698

Age (years)

49.5 ± 15.4

47.9 ± 14.7

49.93 ± 12.75

0.894

Education

0.099

 High School Diploma or Less (%)

48

50

29

 Some College (%)

26

44

32

 Bachelor’s Degree or More (%)

26

6

39

Race

0.303

 Caucasian (%)

68

50

71

 Other (%)

32

50

29

Household Income

0.442

 < $20 k

39

28

32

 $20 k - $49 k

22

50

32

 >$50 k

29

11

18

 Unknown/Refused

10

11

18

Diabetes (%)

35

39

25

0.555

Stroke (%)

3.2

11

3.6

0.433

Congestive Heart Failure (%)

9.7

16.7

3.6

0.317

Smoking

0.464

 Never

55

61

57

 Used To

23

28

36

 Currently

23

11

7

Beck Depression Inventory-2

14.4 ± 10.6

10.1 ± 5.1

10.3 ± 6.6

0.123

ANART Raw Score

26.3 ± 12.7

26.7 ± 12.0

22.7 ± 12.1

0.457

Modified Mini-Mental Status

85.2 ± 7.6

88.1 ± 5.7

82.9 ± 15.6

0.293

Weekly Std Kt/V

1.38 ± 0.50

1.32 ± 0.32

1.37 ± 0.26

0.854

Pre Dialysis BUN (mg/dL)

55 ± 15

47 ± 15

61 ± 25

0.064

Pre Dialysis Creatinine (mg/dL)

9.0 ± 3.7

8.0 ± 3.0

9.4 ± 3.8

0.407

Pre Dialysis Albumin (g/dL)

4.1 ± 0.5

3.8 ± 0.7

4.1 ± 0.5

0.154

Pre Dialysis Weight (Kg)

81.0 ± 20.2

97.1 ± 29.6

88.9 ± 23.9

0.082

Pre Dialysis Phosphorus (mg/dL)

5.4 ± 1.6

5.3 ± 1.8

5.1 ± 1.6

0.707

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

11.5 ± 1.3

11.5 ± 1.3

12.0 ± 1.8

0.375

Pre Dialysis Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

147 ± 27

143 ± 31

142 ± 25

0.791

Pre Dialysis Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

80 ± 16

79 ± 19

81 ± 16

0.899

Ultra Filtration Volume (L)

2.3 ± 1.7

2.4 ± 1.5

2.9 ± 1.5

0.355

Urea Reduction Ratio (%)

71 ± 9

70 ± 8

72 ± 6

0.606

Vitamin D use (%)

23

63

32

0.027

Medication

 H1 Receptor antagonist (%)

10

17

11

0.749

 Narcotic (%)

19

28

29

0.672

 Muscle Relaxant (%)

6.5

5.6

0

0.405

 Anti-Convulsant (%)

29

17

11

0.195

 Anti-Depressant (%)

23

28

29

0.855

 Anti-Emetic (%)

10

17

11

0.749

 Anti-Psychotic (%)

3.2

0

7.1

0.460

 Anxiolytic (%)

10

11

25

0.225