Intradialytic parenteral nutrition using a standard amino acid solution not for renal failure in maintenance hemodialysis patients with malnutrition: a multicenter pilot study

Table 2 Baseline characteristics and nutritional indices before and after the start of the study

N = 13 patients		Before	After	p
Age	Years	78.8 ± 10.3
Male/female	n/N	7/6
Dry weight	kg	43.0 ± 7.4	42.7 ± 7.8	0.42
BMI	kg/m²	18.1 ± 1.6	17.9 ± 1.8	0.42
Diabetes	n (%)	6 (46)
Dialysis fluid glucose concentration
100 mg/dl	n (%)	10 (77)
150 mg/dl	n (%)	3 (23)
Transthyretin	mg/dl	19.0 ± 7.0	19.0 ± 7.8	0.97
Albumin	g/dl	3.1 ± 0.5	3.0 ± 0.6	0.34
Copper	μg/dl	93 ± 25	101 ± 36	0.15
Zinc	μg/dl	53 ± 16	54 ± 11	0.71
GNRI		80.0 ± 8.0	78.6 ± 10.5	0.29
Survival index		7.1 ± 5.2	5.8 ± 6.1	0.10
nPCR	g/kg/day	0.82 ± 0.23	0.88 ± 0.19	0.29
NRI-JH		10.8 ± 1.6	10.5 ± 2.0	0.51

GNRI Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index, nPCR normalized protein catabolic rate, NRI-JH Nutritional Risk Index for Japanese Hemodialysis Patients

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