Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants at baseline

Age, years

75.2 ± 5.1

Female, n (%)

6 (28.6%)

Diabetic nephropathy, n (%)

8 (38.1%)

Hemodialysis vintage, months

48.3 ± 52.8

Height, cm

159.4 ± 9.0

Dry weight, kg

53.1 ± 8.9

Body mass index, kg/m²

20.9 ± 3.1

Kt/V

1.43 ± 0.24

nPCR, g/kg/day

0.87 ± 0.16

Creatinine generation rate, %

105.2 ± 26.2

Hemoglobin, g/dL

10.5 ± 0.7

Albumin, g/dL

3.51 ± 0.32

Urea nitrogen, mg/dL

64.4 ± 13.8

Creatinine, mg/dL

9.2 ± 1.9

Phosphate, mg/dL

4.60 ± 0.91

Total cholesterol, mg/dL

150.7 ± 27.4

LDL cholesterol, mg/dL

83.6 ± 21.8

HDL cholesterol, mg/dL

48.1 ± 12.0

Triglyceride, mg/dL

100.9 ± 46.0

C-reactive protein, mg/dL

0.11 ± 0.12

FTI, kg/m²

5.49 ± 2.82

SMI, kg/m²

6.48 ± 0.85

ECW/TBW ratio, %

35.9 ± 6.2