Figure 3
Age distribution between hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients over 4 decades. Incident age for the respective quartiles of dialysis vintage is shown for HD and PD patients. Results are presented as mean age at time of therapy initiation (symbols) and standard deviation (error bars). Whereas for PD patients incident age remained relatively stable over years, a continuous increase for patients on HD can be noted. However, differences are not statistically significant at any time point between dialysis modalities.