Table 6 Comparison of the incidence of adverse reactions between the groups.

From: Safety of Low-calcium Dialysate and its Effects on Coronary Artery Calcification in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis

Items

LCD (n = 80)

HCD (n = 84)

p value

Intradialytic hypotension (person-time)

704

813

0.066a

Intradialytic hypertension (person-time)

6083

6530

0.137b

Muscle cramp (person-time)

210

198

0.259c

Arrhythmia (person-time)

1873

1948

0.668d

Total person-time

12405

13068

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  1. Note: achi-square test, χ2 = 3.390, p = 0.066; bchi-square test, χ2 = 2.215, p = 0.137; c chi-square test, χ2 = 1.275, p = 0.259; dchi-square test, χ2 = 0,184, p = 0.668.
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