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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Albumin redox state of maintenance haemodialysis patients is positively altered after treatment

Characteristic

All

n = 58

Polysulfone low flux

n = 32

Polysulfone high flux

n = 16

Demographic data

   

 Age [years],

median (range)

68

(27–89)

70

(37–84)

64

(27–89)

 Men, n [%]

34 (59)

18 (56)

11 (69)

 Women, n [%]

24 (41)

14 (44)

5 (31)

 Weight before treatment [kg], median (range)

83

(58–145)

84

(59–145)

79

(58–140)

BUN before treatment

[mg/dl], median (IQR)

60.8

(53.4–68.7)

63.7

(52.5–69.4)

58.8

(52.3–65.6)

Ultrafiltration

[L], median (range)

2.4

(+ 1.1 - -4.5)

2.3

(+ 1.1- -4.3)

1.8

(0.8–3.3)

Renal disease, n [%]

   

 Nephrosclerosis due to hypertension

38 (66)

26 (81)

7 (44)

 Diabetic nephropathy

18 (31)

14 (44)

3 (19)

 Autoimmune diseases

(IgA nephropathy, SLE, AAV)

15 (26)

11 (34)

1 (6)

 ADPKD

3 (5)

0

1 (6)

 Unknown

4 (7)

0

4 (25)

 Other

16 (27)

7 (22)

3 (19)

  1. Abbreviation: AAV Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, ADPKD Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus. BUN blood urea nitrogen, reference range 6-19.8 mg/dL. IQR interquartile range. The total number of renal diseases exceed 100% since several patients suffered from more than one renal disease. The patient characteristics are not equally distributed between the groups