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Table 2 Serial pre dialytic blood pressure comparison (average measurements of 4 occasion per month) and IDH between the baseline and 6-month data between the two groups:

Item		Group A (n = 30)	Group B (n = 40)	P
Baseline BP	SBP DBP	139.8 ± 16.58 80.8 ± 7.43	137.7 ± 11.7 79.7 ± 6.29	0.54^* 0.51^*
6th month BP	SBP BBP	139.6 ± 13.32 79.8 ± 7.24	135.1 ± 11.68 79.2 ± 5.25	0.13^* 0.69^*
IDH at Baseline	No episode 1 episode 2 episodes 3 episodes	14(46.7) 6(20) 6(20) 4(13.3)	18(45) 12(30) 5(12.5) 5(12.5)	0.729^**
IDH after 6 months	No episode 1 episode 2 episodes 3 episodes	20(66.7) 9(30) 1(3.3) 0	17(42.5) 11(27.5) 8(20) 4(10)	0.035^**
p (Chi-square)		0.001	0.527
Total number of episodes in a month (%)^a	Before	30 (7.69%)	37 (7.12%)	0.742^#
Total number of episodes in a month (%)^a	After	11 (2.82%)	39 (7.50%)	0.002^#
P		0.002^#	0.0.812^#

SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, IDG: intradialytic hyotension
^*Analyzed by 2-sample t test; ^**analyzed by Wilcoxon test; ^#N-1 Chi-squared test as recommended by Campbell (2007) and Richardson (2011)
^a Of the total number of sessions during the same month (n = 390 for group A, and 520 for group B)

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