Impact of heavy proteinuria on clinical outcomes in patients on incident peritoneal dialysis

BMC Nephrology

Table 4 Predictive factors affecting the decline in residual renal function (RRF) from the time of peritoneal dialysis initiation to the end of the follow-up period

	Univariate		Multivariate
	Standardized β ± SE	P value	Standardized β ± SE	P value
Age	0.008 ± 0.012	0.897	-	-
Sex (female)	0.122 ± 0.321	0.038	−0.064 ± 0.278	0.211
Use of icodextrin	−0.092 ± 0.333	0.118	-	-
DM	−0.096 ± 0.321	0.103	-	-
MAP (mmHg)*	0.087 ± 0.018	0.242
RRF (mL/min/1.73m²)*	−0.517 ± 0.045	<0.001	−0.505 ± 0.045	<0.001
Peritoneal albumin loss (mg/day)*	−0.117 ± 0.000	0.050	-	-
Proteinuria level (mg/day)*	−0.315 ± 0.000	<0.001	−0.271 ± 0.000	<0.001

* The values are presented as the findings at the time of peritoneal dialysis initiation.
MAP, mean arterial pressure; DM, diabetes mellitus; SE, standard error.

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