Table 3: Pre- and post-dialysis measurement of body weight, body temperature and heart rate, in addition with the calculated values of mean intradialytic weight loss and mean interdialytic weight gain.

Parameters NBP IH p-values
Body weight (Kg) Pre-dialysis 74.8 ± 17.7 70.7 ± 13 p (Time) < 0.001
p (Group) = 0.573
p (Interaction) = 0.008
Post-dialysis 71.9 ± 17.2 68.7 ± 12.7
Mean Intradialytic weight loss (% Intradialytic weight loss) 3.9 ± 1.0
(2.9 ± 0.9)		 2.8 ± 1
(2.0 ± 0.8)
Mean Interdialytic weight gain (% Interdialytic weight loss) 4.0 ± 1.3
(2.8 ± 1.0)		 2.7 ± 1.8
(1.8 ± 1.2)		 0.009
Mean Body temperature (°C) Pre-dialysis 35.9 ± 0.3 36.1 ± 0.2 p (Time) = 0.866
p (Group) = 0.417
p (Interaction) = 0.249
Post-dialysis 36.1 ± 0.6 36.1 ± 0.2
Mean Heart rate (beats/min) Pre-dialysis 72 ± 9 75 ± 8 p (Time) = 0.128
p (Group) = 0.271
p (Interaction) = 0.926
Post-dialysis 73 ± 7 76 ± 7

Data are represented as mean ± SD. Comparison between NBP and IH groups was performed with the Student’s t test for non-repeated measures and MANOVA for the other situations.