Advanced wasting in peritoneal dialysis patients

Table 3 Nutrition indices in two males with advanced wasting (Patient 1, Patient 2) and a control group

Nutrition index	Patient 1	Patent 2	Control group1
VWatson/0.73	1.036	1.030	0.744 (0.521-0.932)
BMI, kg/m2	16.5	16.6	25.5 (18.9-32.8)
W/IW	0.778	0.816	1.151 (0.935-1.367)
Serum albumin, g/dL	2.60	2.80	3.60 (3.15-4.05)
Serum urea nitrogen, mg/dL	41.0	58.0	56.8 (43.2-70.4)
Serum creatinine, mg/dL	2.02	13.55	7.38 (5.25-9.51)
nPNA/W, g/kg per 24 h	0.94	1.21	0.86 (0.70-1.02)
nPNA/IW, g/kg per 24-h	0.81	1.07	0.99 (0.75-1.13)
(MCr Ex)/W, mg/kg per 24-h	13.0	35.9	18.7 (13.9-23.5)
(MCr Ex)/IW, mg/kg per 24-h	11.4	27.9	21.5 (17.5-25.5)
M/P Cr Ex	0.51	1.680	0.97 (0.55-1.39)
LBM/W	0.64	1.420	0.66 (0.55-0.77)
LBM/IW	0.52	1.100	0.76 (0.66-0.86)

¹The control group consisted of 260 men on PD analyzed in their first clearance study. The values in the control group column indicate mean (95%CI). BMI: Body mass index; PNA: Protein nitrogen appearance; LBM: Lean body mass; IW: Ideal body weight; PD: Peritoneal dialysis.