Table 2 Achievement of international treatment targets in 603 incident patients (<90 days on hemodialysis) and 2859 prevalent patients (>90 days on maintenance hemodialysis)

 Weekly treatment time ≥720 min

68

87

<0.001

 Blood flow rate ≥300 ml/min

67

96

<0.001

 Kt/V ≥1.2

69

94

<0.001

 Treated blood volume ≥ 1 l/kg

42

75

<0.001

 Albumin < 40 g/l

71

47

 ≥40 g/l

29

53

<0.001

 Hb <10 mg/dl

52

16

 Hb 10-12 mg/dl

41

67

<0.001

 Hb >12 mg/dl

7

17

TSAT ≥20%

66

82

<0.001

Ferritin ≥200 μg/l

55

81

<0.001

 PTH <150 pg/ml

21

16

 PTH 150-600 pg/ml

62

57

<0.001

 PTH >600 pg/ml

18

27