Comparison of parathormone lowering effects of paricalcitol and calcitriol in hemodialysis patients

Table 1 Comparison of the parameters between paricalcitol and calcitriol groups, mean ± SD/n (%)

	Paricalcitol (n = 8)	Calcitriol (n = 13)	P value
Age	58.8 ± 14.5	60.0 ± 13.7	0.85
Male sex	6 (75)	6 (46.1)	0.20
Dialysis vintage (months)	63.0 ± 52.4	68.8 ± 49.9	0.80
Calcium (mg/dL)	9.1 ± 0.4	8.3 ± 0.5	0.005
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	4.1 ± 1.1	4.3 ± 0.8	0.43
PTH (ng/L) (on day 0)	834.5 ± 281.0	560.3 ± 289.3	0.005
PTH (ng/L) (6th month)	388.5 ± 190.5	533.5 ± 161.6	0.076
50% reduction ratio	62.5%	7.6%	0.014
25% reduction ratio	87.5%	38.4%	0.067
Lowering to target range	87.5%	69.2%	0.36
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11.1 ± 2.0	11.5 ± 1.3	0.67
Albumin (g/dL)	3.9 ± 0.1	3.9 ± 0.25	0.72
CRP (mg/L)	9.8 ± 9.2	4.8 ± 3.4	0.09

PTH: Parathyroid hormone; CRP: C-reactive protein.