Effect of Egg-White Protein Alone or Combined With Niacin on Nutritional Status, and Phosphorus Control in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- 2024-07
- RCT · n = 98
- Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation 34(4)
- Parisa Javadian
- Niloofar Nematollahi
- Ehsan Ghaedi
- Shahram Tahmasebian
- Ebrahim Saedi
- PubMed: 38281653
- DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2023.12.008
- High evidence
- Clinical
There was a significant difference among the groups only in phosphorus at the end of the trial, which was significantly lower in the niacin group (4.38 + 0.812 mg/dL) than in both the egg white (5.07 + 0.49 mg/dL) and egg white with niacin supplementation (5.41 + 0.662 mg/dL) groups.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No
- Dose
- 24 g daily