Clinical Study

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

Table 1

Characteristics of participants.

Number of patients23
Age (years)51.5 ± 14.9
PD duration (months)78.7 ± 35.9
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)11.7 ± 2.48
Serum calcium (mg/dL)10.0 ± 0.66
Serum phosphate (mg/dL)5.07 ± 1.11
Intact PTH (pg/mL)178.3 ± 180.4
Weekly Ccr (L/week)51.9 ± 7.48
D4/P cre0.68 ± 0.13
CaCO3 (g/day)3.44 ± 2.57
Vitamin D3 ( g/day)0.03 ± 0.07
Dialysate Ca concentration (mg/L)6.10 ± 0.94

Mean ± SD, Cre: creatinine, PET: peritoneal equilibration test, PTH: parathyroid hormone, and Ccre: creatinine clearance.