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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The two groups were similar at the start of RRT with respect to age (64. 2 + / - 19. 8 years vs 62. 5 + / - 21. 2 years), sex (men : 72 % vs 66 %), sepsis (42 % vs 47 %), shock (61 % vs 63 %), severity of AKI [Acute Tubular Necrosis Individual Severity Score (ATNISS) : 0. 68 + / - 0. 2 vs 0. 66 + / - 0. 22 ; Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II : 26. 9 + / - 8. 9 vs 24. 1 + / - 8. 2], pre-dialysis blood urea nitrogen [BUN (116. 4 + / - 33. 6 mg/dL vs 112. 6 + / - 36. 8 mg/dL)], and creatinine (5. 85 + / - 1. 9 mg/dL vs 5. 95 + / - 1. 4 mg/dL).