Variability of toe pressures during haemodialysis: comparison of people with and without diabetes; a pilot study

Table 4 Mean toe pressure values and toe brachial pressure index values in PWD and no diabetes

		All participants mean (95% CI)^a	PWD mean (95% CI)^a	No-diabetes mean (95% CI)^a
Mean toe pressure (mmHg)	T1	121.50 (105.72, 137.29)	126.85 (106.07, 147.64)	116.15 (92.39, 139.92)
	T2	113.17 (97.38, 128.95)	119.41 (98.63, 140.19)	106.92 (83.16, 130.69)
	T3	109.56 (93.77, 125.34)	111.88 (91.10, 132.67)	107.23 (83.47, 131.00)
Mean toe brachial pressure index	T1	0.79 (0.70, 0.87)	0.79 (0.68, 0.90)	0.78 (0.65, 0.91)
	T2	0.79 (0.70, 0.87)	0.80 (0.69, 0.91)	0.77 (0.64, 0.90)
	T3	0.80 (0.72, 0.89)	0.80 (0.69, 0.91)	0.81 (0.68, 0.94)

PWD Persons with diabetes, T1 Pre dialysis measurement, T2 Measurement at 1 h of dialysis, T3 Measurement 15 min prior to conclusion of dialysis, ^aMean estimates adjusted for repeated measures on right and left feet (random effect)

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