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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the 383 patients included in the study

From: Overestimation of the probability of death on peritoneal dialysis by the Kaplan-Meier method: advantages of a competing risks approach

Patient characteristics

Patients (n = 383)

Age, yr [mean (SD)]

56.5 (18.1)

Women

160 (41.8%)

Diabetes

100 (26.1%)

Primary renal disease

 

  Glomerulonephritis

121 (31.6%)

  Diabetes

54 (14.1%)

  Vascular

44 (11.5%)

  Pyelonephritis

34 (8.9%)

  High blood pressure

16 (4.2%)

  Polycystic kidney disease

15 (3.9%)

  Other

51 (13.3%)

  Unknown

48 (12.5%)

  1. SD: standard deviation.
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BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

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