Transperitoneal Calcium Balance in Anuric Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Table 4

Effluent and serum Ca and parathyroid hormone on PET.

		At the start	At 4 hours
PE volume	(mL)	2116.7 ± 65.8	2428.6 ± 137.7*
Ca concentration of PE	(mg/dL)	3.90 ± 0.14	3.36 ± 0.21^#
Ca concentration in sera	(mg/dL)	9.44 ± 0.70	9.41 ± 0.60
Intact PTH	(pg/mL)	170.2 ± 161.5	201.1 ± 181.3**

Mean ± SD, *𝑃<0.01 versus at the start, **𝑃<0.002 versus at the start, ^#𝑃<0.0001 versus at the start, 𝑛=23.
PET: peritoneal equilibrium, PE: peritoneal effluent, Ca: calcium, and PTH: parathyroid hormone.