Fig 1.
CONSORT flow diagram of the study.
Fig 2.
Patients' ionized calcium (iCa), measured from the arterial line, during the procedures in both iCa target groups.
Data is shown as mean ± SD, both target ranges are marked with a dotted line.
Table 1.
Comparison of patient characteristics and hemodialysis procedure parameters in both groups.
Data is shown as mean ± SD or percentage.
Table 2.
Comparison of laboratory values before and after hemodialysis procedures in both groups.
Data is shown as mean ± SD.
Table 3.
Parameters required for the calculation of calcium and magnesium mass balance in both groups.
Data is shown as mean ± SD.
Table 4.
Relationship between iCa target range group and hemodialysis duration on iPTH (results of linear multilevel mixed effects model).
Table 5.
Multiple linear regression analysis of potential factors affecting calcium mass balance.
Adjusted R2 for the whole model 0.54, p < 0.001.
Fig 3.
Comparison of calcium mass balance in both groups.
Data is shown as mean ± SD and min-max.
Fig 4.
Comparison of magnesium mass balance in both groups.
Data is shown as mean ± SD and min-max.
Fig 5.
Linear regression model of changes in intact parathormone (iPTH) and ionized calcium (iCa) during the procedures (i.e. before vs. after) in all patients.
Fig 6.
Interaction effect of time and the iCa target range group on iPTH.