Number	Age	Sex	Dialysis duration (months)	Skin scores	BUN (mmol/L of Urea)	KT/V	Creatinine (mmol/L)	Total cholesterol (mmol/Ll)	HDL- cholesterol (mmol/L)	Ca x P product	PTH (mg/L)	Glucose (mmol/L)	Mg (mmol/L)	Ferritin (mg/L)	Primary renal disease
EPO group (n = 9)
1	68	F	149	8	25.9	1.1	1,090	5.09	1.31	2.54	8,780	10.5	1.19	110	CGN
2	23	F	39	8	18.1	1.6	1,110	3.96	1.24	1.89	5,280	6.0	1.19	110	CGN
3	50	F	21	15	41.2	1.1	990	4.03	0.88	2.03	19,760	5.9	0.99	100	PK
4	71	F	53	15	22.4	1.2	560	5.33	2.09	1.55	3,640	8.3	1.03	90	NS
5	67	F	66	5	29.3	1.4	1,020	3.88	1.55	2.53	4,800	5.5	1.03	30	CGN
6	32	M	20	9	34.0	1.3	1,200	3.18	1.29	2.59	15,580	5.1	1.19	90	CGN
7	59	M	120	7	35.6	1.5	950	3.59	1.16	2.26	69,800	8.2	0.95	460	CGN
8	73	F	10	5	27.2	1.1	700	4.89	1.42	1.78	5,840	7.7	0.95	50	CGN
9	75	F	16	11	19.7	1.4	760	4.01	0.80	1.87	5,120	5.8	1.03	20	DM
mean + SD	58 + 19	M/F :2/7	54 + 49	8 + 3	28.2 + 7.7	1.3 + 0.2	930+ 210	4.21+ 0.72	1.31 + 0.38	2.11 + 0.38	15400 + 21130	7.0 + 1.8	1.16 + 0.10	120+ 130
LA group (n = 7)
1	28	F	108	7	37.3	2.0	1,030	4.08	1.34	3.06	74,900	3.9	1.11	20	CH
2	70	F	141	12	34.0	1.2	1,000	5.09	1.01	1.89	4,120	5.1	0.95	40	PK
3	47	M	22	8	30.1	1.4	1,140	4.06	0.70	2.09	1,560	11.1	1.07	100	DM
4	58	M	17	6	35.8	1.4	1,200	3.82	1.47	2.00	6,160	4.4	1.19	120	Gout
5	61	F	122	8	31.2	1.9	1,020	3.98	1.19	1.52	55,900	5.5	1.11	40	CGN
6	38	M	47	8	30.2	1.1	990	3.98	1.22	1.69	2,470	4.7	1.02	70	CGN
7	23	M	48	6	28.5	1.4	1,000	4.40	0.78	2.18	42,840	4.9	1.36	70	CGN
mean + SD	46 + 16	M/F :4/3	72 + 54	8 + 2	32.4 + 3.3	1.5 + 0.3	1050+ 80	4.20 + 0.46	1.10 + 0.27	2.06 + 0.54	26850 + 32520	5.7 + 2.7	1.12 + 0.08	70 + 40

CGN = chronic glomerular nephritis, NS = nephrosclerosis, PK = polycystic kidney, DM = diabetic mellitus, CH=congenital hypoplasia of the kidney