Hydration Status Is Associated with Aortic Stiffness, but Not with Peripheral Arterial Stiffness, in Chronically Hemodialysed Patients
Table 2
Hydric status for the entire population and the hydric state-related groups.
Entire group
Normal Hydration State (NHS)
Overhydration (OH)
Subhydration (SH)
value
MV ± SD
MV ± SD
MV ± SD
MV ± SD
NHS versus OH
NHS versus SH
OH versus SH
ECF (L)
16.67 ± 3.03
16.75 ± 3.00
17.63 ± 2.40
15.52 ± 3.47
0.361
0.219
0.093
ICF (L)
17.53 ± 4.24
17.81 ± 4.55
16.21 ± 2.82
17.88 ± 4.36
0.257
0.962
0.272
TBF (L)
34.19 ± 6.88
34.55 ± 7.26
33.86 ± 4.88
33.38 ± 7.66
0.760
0.623
0.857
ECF/EIF
0.97 ± 0.14
0.97 ± 0.14
1.10 ± 0.12
0.88 ± 0.09
0.003
0.029
0.000
ECF/TBF
0.49 ± 0.04
0.49 ± 0.04
0.52 ± 0.03
0.47 ± 0.02
0.005
0.033
0.000
OH (L)
1.42 ± 1.55
1.42 ± 0.70
3.68 ± 1.13
−0.66 ± 0.48
0.000
0.000
0.000
OH/TBF (%)
8.04 ± 8.60
8.32 ± 3.41
20.63 ± 4.49
−4.45 ± 3.30
0.000
0.000
0.000
MV: mean value, SD: standard deviation, and ECF and ICF: extracellular and intracellular fluid volume, respectively. TBF: Total Body Fluid volume. OH: overhydration. A was considered statistically significate.
