Nutritional Intervention Incorporating Expedited 10 g Protein Counter (EP-10) to Improve the Albumin and Transferrin of Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Table 2

Mean differences between the biochemical parameters at baseline and three months after nutritional intervention (𝑛=45).

Biochemical parameters	Baseline; (0 months)	3 months after intervention	Mean difference ± SD	95% Confidence interval		𝑃 value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD		Lower	Upper
Serum albumin (g/L)	32.2±4.8	37.0±3.2	4.8±5.2	3.2	6.3	<0.001^†
Serum transferrin (mg/dL)	169.4±39.9	180.9±38.1	11.5±33.5	1.4	21.5	0.027^†
Potassium (mmol/L)	5.0±0.9	5.1±0.9	0.1±1.0	−0.2	0.4	0.664
Phosphate (mmol/L)	2.1±0.7	2.1±0.07	0.0±0.7	−0.2	0.2	0.887
𝐾𝑡/𝑉	1.0±0.5	1.2±0.4	0.1±0.6	0.0	0.3	0.136

^†Statistically significant (𝑃 < 0.05).