Frail Patient in Hemodialysis: A New Challenge in Nephrology—Incidence in Our Area, Barcelonès Nord and Maresme

Table 2

Clinical and analytical characteristics of frail versus nonfrail patients.

Variable	Frail ()	Nonfrail ()
Age	75,39 ± 11,53	69,85 ± 13,94	0,10
BMI	22,53 ± 3,58	26,16 ± 5,18	0,004
Hgb	10,35 ± 1,31	10,97 ± 1,18	0,032
Albumin	3,61 ± 0,36	3,85 ± 0,29	0,001
Npna	1,12 ± 0,26	10,01 ± 0,26	0,093
CaxP	35,98 ± 10,58	38,34 ± 10,73	0,354
	2,02 ± 0,23	1,88 ± 0,37	0,130

Npna: normalized protein nitrogen appearance; : : urea clearance, : dialysis time, and : distribution volume.