Graph showing that mortality in the high- and low-flux dialysis membrane groups were the same in the HEMO study. There was a nonsignificant 8% lower mortality in the high-flow group compared with the low-flux group.
HEMO: Hemodialysis study.
Redrawn from Eknoyan G, Beck GJ, Cheung AK, et al. Effect of dialysis dose and membrane flux in maintenance hemodialysis. N Engl J Med 2002; 347:2010.