Participants
We identified 78 children and adolescents with ESRD on
chronic hemodialysis (41 initiated in period A and 37 in
period B) (Table 1). The median age was 14.7 years (range,
0.7–20.5 years) and median weight was 46 kg (range, 12.5–
95 kg). Most (62 %) patients were boys. ESRD was predominantly
due to uropathy (32 %). There were no significant
differences between group A and B.