Volume Status in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis: The Role of Apelin and Bio-Impedance Spectroscopy

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Table 1.  Biochemical results.

Parameter	Mean ± SD	Parameter	Mean ± SD
Glucose (mg/dL)	153 ± 94	Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	199
Urea (mg/dL)	104 ± 33	LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	118
Creatinine (mg/dL)	8.04 ± 2.27	HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	45.67 ± 16.79
Uric acid (mg/dL)	6.07 ± 1.07	Triglyceride (mg/dL)	182 ± 93
Ca (mg/dL)	9.15 ± 0.69	Hb (g/dL)	10.47 ± 1.46
P (mg/dL)	5.06 ± 1.06	Hct (%)	32.4 ± 3.4
PTH (pg/mL)	529 ± 483	TSAT (%)	27.67 ± 9.35
Total protein (g/dL)	6.45 ± 0.75	Ferritin (ng/mL)	301 ± 189
Albumin (g/dL)	3.7 ± 0.44	hsCRP	1.138 ± 1.491

Table 2.  Findings of BIS and echocardiography.

Parameter	Mean ± SD	Parameter	Mean ± SD
OH (L)	1.87 ± 2.06	ECW/ICW	0.98 ± 0.13
TBW (L)	34.28 ± 6.22	LTM (kg)	33.98 ± 8.43
ICW (L)	17.42 ± 3.34	Fat ratio (%)	36.24 ± 11.23
ECW (L)	16.86 ± 3.37	BCM (kg)	18.46 ± 5.57
EF (%)	62.5 ± 8.5	LA (cm)	3.56 ± 0.59
AD (cm)	3.17 ± 0.30	LVMI (g/m^2)	147 ± 38

Notes: OH, overhydration; TBW, total body water; ICW, intracellular water; ECW, extracellular water; EF, ejection fraction; AD, aorta diameter; LTM, lean tissue mass; BCM, body cell mass; LA, left atrium diameter; LVMI, left ventricular mass index.

Figure 1.  The scatter plots showing the relation of apelin with TBW (total body water) (A) and LDL-cholesterol (B).