Is health-related quality of life associated with adequacy of hemodialysis in chronic kidney disease patients?

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Comparison between the three groups of patient regarding the general data (n = 100)

		Group A	Group B	Group C	P value.	Group A vs Group B	Group A vs Group C	Group B vs Group C
Age (Year)	N	24	54	22	0.636
	Mean	50.45 ± 1.77	49.89 ± 2.38	50.64 ± 3.84
	Mean Ranks	53.79	47.98	53.09
Pre-urea (mg/dl)	N	24	54	22	0.206
	Mean	120.33 ± 28.80	129.93 ± 26.35	129.00 ± 35.17
	Mean Ranks	41.44	53.94	51.95
Pre session weight (Kg)	N	24	54	22	0.042	0.036	0.389	1.000
	Mean	83.48 ± 10.54	76.99 ± 11.10	79.09 ± 13.99
	Mean Ranks	62.98	45.11	50.11
Interdialytic weight gain (Kg)	N	24	54	22	0.002	1.000	0.006	0.003
	Mean	2.35 ± 1.03	2.42 ± 0 .95	3.20 ± 0.59
	Mean Ranks	43.44	45.90	69.50
Dialysis session time (hrs)	N	24	54	22	< 0.0001	0.938	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
	Mean	4.00 ± 0.00	3.89 ± 0.32	3.05 ± 0.043
	Mean Ranks	63.50	58.00	17.91
Serum calcium (mg/dl)	N	24	54	22	0.001	0.010	0.001	0.568
	Mean	9.84 ± 0.83	9.22 ± 0.79	8.93 ± 0.88
	Mean Ranks	68.50	47.59	38.00
Serum Ph (mg/dl)	N	24	54	21	0.007	1.000	0.013	0.015
	Mean	4.65 ± 0.57	4.68 ± 1.08	5.38 ± 0.77
	Mean Ranks	42.73	46.56	67.17
Serum albumin (g/dl)	N	24	54	22	0.704
	Mean	3.35 ± 0.40	3.27 ± 0.39	3.28 ± 0.46
	Mean Ranks	54.79	49.00	49.50
Serum PTH (pg/ml)	N	24	53	22	< 0.0001	0.480	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
	Mean	158.10 ± 150.73	318.89 ± 486.23	750.00 ± 523.20
	Mean Ranks	35.25	45.18	77.70
Hb (g/dl)	N	24	54	22	< 0.0001	0.012	< 0.0001	0.059
	Mean	10.20 ± 1.05	9.71 ± 0.86	9.10 ± 0.78
	Mean Ranks	69.81	49.34	32.27
Kt/v	N	24	54	22	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Kt/v	Mean Ranks	88.50	49.50	11.50	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

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