Table 2 Baseline patient characteristics, by arm and sex.
From: Age and sex differences in the effectiveness of intradialytic resistance training on muscle function
Variable | Experimental condition EXG (n = 57) | Control condition CNG (n = 33) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Females (n = 19) | Males (n = 38) | p value | Females (n = 16) | Males (n = 17) | p value | |
Age in years (M, SD) | 64.6 (14.2) | 57.3 (12.6) | 0.055 | 69.2 (10.1) | 65.9 (9.4) | 0.332 |
Body weight in kg (M, SD) | 75.2 (19.6) | 78.8 (15.5) | 0.449 | 64.7 (14.1) | 74.7 (13.8) | 0.046# |
Body mass index in kg/m2 (M, SD) | 28.5 (7.3) | 26.1 (4.6) | 0.122 | 24.6 (5.2) | 24.8 (4.5) | 0.932 |
Dialysis adequacy in Kt/V (M, SD) | 1.8 (0.3) | 1.5 (0.3) | 0.001† | 2.2 (0.3) | 1.8 (0.3) | 0.002† |
Over-hydration index in % (M, SD) | 10.4 (4.5) | 12.7 (8.3) | 0.260 | 12.3 (7.4) | 12.0 (6.4) | 0.923 |
C-reactive protein in mg/l (M, SD) | 8.1 (4.6) | 13.1 (15.3) | 0.175 | 9.1 (13.2) | 9.3 (10.1) | 0.959 |
iPTH in pg/ml (M, SD) | 480.7.8 (424.3) | 342.9 (308.4) | 0.167 | 491.8 (554.6) | 259.9 (155.8) | 0.108 |
Haemoglobin in g/l (M, SD) | 109.8 (12.8) | 113.2 (13.3) | 0.361 | 108.1 (10.4) | 117.6 (15.3) | 0.048# |
Albumin in g/l (M, SD) | 38.8 (3.1) | 3739.6 (2.5) | 0.317 | 36.2 (4.9) | 37.5 (4.1) | 0.403 |
Ferritin in ng/ml (M, SD) | 695.2 (544.8) | 627.6 (452.0) | 0.304 | 932.4 (248.1) | 763.1 (405.6) | 0.161 |
Phosphates in mml/l (M, SD) | 1.7 (0.4) | 1.8 (0.5) | 0.679 | 1.5 (0.5) | 1.5 (0.4) | 0.905 |
Calcium in mmol/l (M, SD) | 2.1 (0.2) | 2.2 (0.3) | 0.387 | 2.4 (0.1) | 2.3 (0.1) | 0.003† |
Potassium in mEq/l (M, SD) | 5.4 (0.8) | 5.0 (0.7) | 0.056 | 5.1 (1.0) | 5.3 (0.6) | 0.489 |
Sodium in mEq/l (M, SD) | 138.6 (3.5) | 137.8 (2.9) | 0.354 | 138.6 (2.0) | 138.1 (3.1) | 0.589 |
Hip extension in N (M, SD) | 113.1 (52.2) | 188.5 (52.5) | < 0.001* | 122.0 (32.6) | 164.1 (48.7) | 0.007† |
