Table 4 Improvement in the achievement of international treatment targets in 258 incident hemodialysis patients (<90 days on hemodialysis) vs the same patients after 6 months of hemodialysis

 Weekly treatment time ≥720 min

18

28

<0.001

 Blood flow rate ≥300 ml/min

44

71

<0.001

 Kt/V >1.2

69

84

<0.001

 Treated blood volume ≥1 l/kg

42

67

<0.001

 Albumin ≥40 g/l

28

48

<0.001

 Hb <10 mg/dl

53

26

 Hb 10-12 mg/dl

40

54

<0.001

 Hb >12 mg/dl

7

19

TSAT ≥20%

67

72

0.015

Ferritin ≥200 μg/l

58

72

0.001

 Phosphorus ≤5.5 mg/dl

26

30

NS

 Calcium ≤10.2 mg/dl

98

95

NS

 PTH 150-600 pg/ml

61

60

NS