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Table 1 Patient demographic data

From: Clinical advantages of a newly launched anti-thrombotic PMMA membrane for the nutritional status and dialysis-related symptoms in older chronic dialysis patients: a multicenter pilot study

Items All NF group n Control group n p
 Number of patient 54 28 28 26 26  
 Sex (male/female) 36/18 17/11 28 19/7 26 n.s.a
 Age (years) 76.4 ± 5.0 (70.0–87.0) 77.1 ± 4.8 (70.0–87.0) 28 75.6 ± 5.0 (70.0–87.0) 26 n.s.b
 Dialysis vintage (years) 8.3 ± 6.2 (0.5–30.0) 9.8 ± 7.4 (0.5–30.0) 28 6.8 ± 4.2 (1.0–15.0) 26 n.s.c
 Dry weight (kg) 52.5 ± 9.8 (33.8–90.0) 50.8 ± 8.8 (33.8–67.8) 28 54.3 ± 10.6 (34.5–90.0) 26 n.s. b
 Albumin concentration before dialysis (g/dL) 3.6 ± 0.3 (3.0–4.4) 3.6 ± 0.3 (3.1–4.0) 27 3.6 ± 0.3 (3.0–4.4) 25 n.s. b
Dialysis condition
 Blood flow rate (mL/min) 219.3 ± 30.3 (150–300) 218.9 ± 32.7 (150–300) 28 219.6 ± 28.2 (150–250) 26 n.s. b
 Dialysis time (h) 4.0 ± 0.4 (3.0–5.0) 4.0 ± 0.4 (3.0–5.0) 28 4.0 ± 0.3 (3.0–5.0) 26 n.s. b
 Effective surface area (m2) 1.7 ± 0.3 (1.3–2.1) 1.7 ± 0.3 (1.3–2.1) 28 1.7 ± 0.3 (1.4–2.1) 26 n.s. b
 Dialysis membrane (PS/PES/PEPA) (32/12/10) (13/8/7) 28 (19/4/3) 26 n.s. a
 Classification of dialyzer# (I·II/III/IV/V) (0/6/26/22) (0/1/16/11) 28 (0/5/10/11) 26 n.s. a
 Dialysate (with acetate/without acetate) (44/10) (20/8) 28 (24/2) 26 p < 0.05 a
Medical history
 Diabetes mellitus (Y/N) (18/36) (9/19) 28 (9/17) 26 n.s. a
 Cerebrocardiovascular event (Y/N) (12/42) (7/21) 28 (5/21) 26 n.s. a
  1. Results are presented as the mean ± standard deviation, and the values in parentheses represent the minimum and maximum values
  2. #Classification of dialyzers in the Japanese reimbursement system
  3. aChi-square test
  4. bUnpaired t test
  5. cWelch’s test