Clinical Study
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 (
).
| Biochemical parameters | Baseline (0 months) | 3 months after intervention | Mean difference SD | 95% Confidence interval | value | Mean SD | Mean SD |
Lower |
Upper |
| Serum albumin (g/L) | | | |
3.2
| | <0.001† | Serum transferrin (mg/dL) | | | |
1.4
|
21.5
| 0.027† | Potassium (mmol/L) | | | | −0.2 |
0.4
| 0.664 | Phosphate (mmol/L) | | | | −0.2 |
0.2
| 0.887 | | | | |
0.0
|
0.3
| 0.136 |
|
|
†Statistically significant ( < 0.05).
|