mean (SD) | All | Portugal | Poland | p* |
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Number of patients | 1247 | 730 | 517 | – |
Age (years) | 68 (14) | 69 (14) | 67 (15) | < 0.01 |
Time on dialysis (months) | 60.7 (58.5) | 66.1 (63.7) | 53.2 (49.4) | < 0.001 |
Weight post dialysis (kg) | 70.2 (22.1) | 68.2 (13.8) | 74.3 (29.8) | < 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.0 (7.8) | 25.2 (4.7) | 27.1 (10.7) | < 0.001 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.0 (1.3) | 11.0 (1.3) | 11.0 (1.3) | N.S. |
TSAT (%) | 31.3 (14.5) | 28.5 (12.9) | 35.3 (15.5) | < 0.001 |
Ferritin (μg/L) | 605.4 (491.5) | 497.9 (344.3) | 757.1 (613.5) | < 0.001 |
Weekly dose of ESA (corrected) (U) | 4306 (5134) | 5154 (6077) | 3133 (3068) | < 0.001 |
Iron dose (mg per month 1) | 176 (172) | 143 (176) | 246 (141) | < 0.001 |
Iron dose (mg per month 2) | 164 (164) | 147 (173) | 198 (141) | < 0.001 |
Iron dose (mg per month 3) | 176 (180) | 151 (187) | 230 (150) | < 0.001 |
spKt/V | 1.8 (0.4) | 2.0 (0.4) | 1.6 (0.3) | < 0.001 |
URR (%) | 77.5 (8.1) | 79.9 (6.7) | 74.2 (8.7) | < 0.001 |
Weekly treatment time (min) | 729 (56) | 724 (53) | 737 (55) | < 0.001 |
Treated blood volume (L/kg) | 1.34 (0.32) | 1.45 (0.35) | 1.20 (0.24) | < 0.001 |
IDBWG (kg) | 2.3 (1.7) | 1.9 (1.7) | 2.9 (1.5) | < 0.001 |
Albumin (g/L) | 40.7 (3.7) | 40.4 (3.4) | 41.2 (3.6) | N.S. |
Calcium (mg/dL) | 8.8 (0.7) | 8.9 (0.6) | 8.7 (0.8) | < 0.001 |
Phosphorus (mg/dL) | 4.4 (1.4) | 4.1 (1.2) | 4.7 (1.5) | < 0.001 |
Intact PTH (pg/mL) | 563 (531.5) | 561 (518.0) | 565 (551.2) | N.S. |