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Clinical Study

Decrease Rate of the Renal Diameter in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Table 1

Patient’s backgrounds and renal size.
 CGN + IgADiabetesHT + othersP
n 213157 
Age (years) 0.015
Mean renal diameter at the first measurement (cm) 0.01
HD vintage to the first measurement (months) 0.46
Measured interval to calculate decrease rate (months) 0.23
Decrease rate (mm/year) 0.72
CGN: chronic glomerulonephritis, IgA: IgA nephropathy, and HT: hypertension.
Each statistical difference was evaluated by ANOVA.