Table 1 Patient profiles
From: Clinical advantage and tolerability of ibandronate in hemodialysis patients: a retrospective study
Patient characteristics | N = 13 |
|---|---|
Mean age, years ± SD | 78 ± 10 |
Sex, female/male | 4/9 |
Mean dry weight, kg ± SD | 47 ± 7 |
Mean years of hemodialysis ± SD | 13 ± 9 |
Etiology of renal disease, n | |
Glomerulonephritis | 6 |
Nephrosclerosis | 3 |
Diabetic kidney disease | 2 |
Other | 2 |
Mean hip BMD, g/cm ± SD | 0.52 ± 0.12 |