References Population (
) Dialysis Ca Duration Stiffness index Results Marchais et al. (1989) [23 ] 26 HD 1.5 mM versus 1.75 mM 1 HD per DCa Aortic PWV, brachial PWV (i) 1.5 mM: Slight ↑ iCa, brachial and aortic PWV unchanged Kyriazis et al. (2000) [24 ] 19 HD 1.25 mM versus 1.75 mM (crossover) 4 HD per DCa Estimated brachial artery compliance (oscillometric pulse wave analysis and estimation of brachial artery diameter) (i) 1.25 mM: iCa stable, ↑ AC Yoo et al. (2004) [25 ] 8 HD 1.75 mM (baseline)↓ 1.25 mM ↓ 1.75 mM 10 HD per DCa Carotid arterial compliance (carotid ultrasound and brachial pulse pressure) (i) 1.25 mM: ↓ iCa, ↑ AC ↓ AC Kyriazis et al. (2007) [26 ] 14 HD 1.25 mM versus 1.75 mM 1 HD per DCa Stiffness index (SI), reflection index (RI) derived from the digital volume pulse waveform (i) 1.25 mM: ↓ iCa, SI and RI unchanged Leboeuf et al. (2009) [29 ] 18 HD 1.00 mM versus 1.25 mM versus 1.50 mM (Latin square crossover) 1 HD per DCa Brachial PWV, aortic PWV, augmentation index (AI) (i) Association between ΔiCa and relative changes in brachial and aortic stiffness, independent of BP Demirci et al. (2008) [30 ] 49 PD 1.25 mM versus 1.75 mM (observational study of prevalent cases) 6 months Brachial PWV, augmentation index (AI) (i) PWV identical at baseline in both groups,
