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Table 1 Characteristics of patient encounters

From: Pedal edema and jugular venous pressure for volume overload in peritoneal dialysis patients

 

Euvolemic (n = 13)

Volume overloaded (n = 12)

Age (SD)

51 (13)

66 (11)

Male, %

62

67

Diabetes, %

15

23

Residual GFRa (SD)

4.42 (2.57)

4.18 (3.68)

Systolic BP (SD)

139 (19)

138 (19)

Diastolic BP (SD)

84 (15)

77 (11)

BMI (SD)

25 (6)

31 (6)

No hypertensive medications, %

38

23

One hypertensive medication, %

15

42

More than one hypertensive medication, %

46

38

OH, L (SD)

0.2 (0.5)

2.3 (0.8)

TBW, L (SD)

38.0 (9.3)

38.4 (9.6)

ECW, L (SD)

17.0 (4.2)

19.5 (4.7)

ICW, L (SD)

21.0 (5.5)

18.8 (5.1)

OH/ECW, % (SD)

1.0 (3.3)

11.6 (3.8)

  1. aOne patient in the volume-overload group did not have a residual GFR calculated
  2. Abbreviations: BP blood pressure (sitting), ECW extracellular water, BMI body mass index, GFR glomerular filtration rate, ICW intracellular water, OH overhydration, TBW total body water