The feasibility of integrating a home telehealth model for older persons living with hemodialysis

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Table 3 Comparison of laboratory parameters between the two groups, Mean ± SD)

Parameters	Experimental group (n = 24)	Control group (n = 30)	F	P
Baseline
BUN (mg/dL)	53.86 (21.61)	45.34 (23.52)	0.327	0.570
Cr (mg/dL)	9.67 (14.05)	6.22 (2.74)	3.204	0.080
Hb (g/dL)	10.40 (1.43)	12.34 (12.84)	1.949	0.169
Hct (%)	33.02 (4.55)	30.11 (7.18)	0.880	0.353
Alb (g/dL)	4.36 (1.88)	5.58 (9.06)	2.144	0.150
K (mEq/L)	4.42 (0.75)	5.53 (6.85)	1.901	0.174
Kt/V	1.75 (0.80)	1.81 (0.54)	0.151	0.700
nPCR (g/kg/day)	1.11 (0.27)	1.10 (0.31)	0.141	0.709
After 3 months
BUN (mg/dL)	48.35 (21.10)	42.62 (14.66)	1.274	0.264
Cr (mg/dL)	6.53 (2.87)	6.69 (2.56)	0.196	0.660
Hb (g/dL)	10.95 (1.69)	14.52 (22.74)	2.203	0.144
Hct (%)	34.44 (4.78)	32.76 (6.17)	1.339	0.253
Alb (g/dL)	3.91 (0.60)	3.68 (0.63)	0.026	0.873
K (mEq/L)	4.35 (0.79)	4.18 (0.65)	0.051	0.822
Kt/V	1.59 (0.37)	1.67 (0.55)	4.250	0.044*
nPCR (g/kg/day)	0.99 (0.26)	0.99 (0.37)	0.921	0.342
After 6 months
BUN (mg/dL)	50.26 (19.80)	46.07 (18.77)	0.563	0.457
Cr (mg/dL)	8.96 (9.70)	7.35 (2.94)	2.931	0.093
Hb (g/dL)	10.70 (1.25)	10.51 (1.96)	7.287	0.010*
Hct (%)	35.14 (8.44)	34.04 (9.13)	0.398	0.531
Alb (g/dL)	3.94 (0.48)	3.82 (0.67)	0.501	0.483
K (mEq/L)	4.40 (0.90)	5.52 (6.26)	1.872	0.177
Kt/V	1.66 (0.31)	1.66 (0.35)	0.005	0.942
nPCR (g/kg/day)	1.17 (0.74)	0.99 (0.23)	1.835	0.182

Kt/V = a measure of dialysis adequacy, K = clearance-the amount of urea your dialyzer can remove (liters/minute), t = time–the duration of treatment (minutes),V = volume-the amount of body fluid (liters)
Abbreviations: BUN Blood Uria Nitrogen (1 mg/dL = 0.3571 mmol/L), Cr Creatinine (1 mg/dL = 88.42 umol/L), Hb Hemoglobin (1 g/dL = 0.621 mmol/L), Hct Hematocrit (1% = 0.01 fraction), Alb Albumin (1 g/dL = 10 g/L), K Potassium (1 mEq/L = 1 mmol/L), nPCR Normalized protein catabolicrate
^*P < 0.05 (Independent t-test)

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