Relationship between Kt/V urea-based dialysis adequacy and nutritional status and their effect on the components of the quality of life in incident peritoneal dialysis patients

Table 1 The influence of stratified peritoneal Kt/V urea levels on SF-36 domains

SF-36 Domains	Physical functioning		Role limitation - physical		Bodily pain		General health		Vitality		Social functioning		Role limitation - emotional		Mental health
SF-36 Domains	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value
Peritoneal Kt/V urea
<1.2	18.4	0.074	13.59	0.224	21.4	0.078	31.75	0.039	4.51	0.407	-3.65	0.814	3.51	0.754	4.97	0.440
1.2≦Kt/V<1.3	27.62	0.015	27.27	0.027	5.46	0.676	37.49	0.025	8.10	0.174	6.47	0.702	14.95	0.224	11.18	0.113
1.3≦Kt/V<1.4	24.92	0.016	27.39	0.016	22.7	0.061	37.47	0.015	5.94	0.274	7.84	0.612	17.80	0.115	7.64	0.235
1.4≦Kt/V<1.5	20.71	0.047	24.73	0.030	25.04	0.042	27.91	0.070	9.94	0.073	11.77	0.452	10.81	0.341	10.64	0.104
1.5≦Kt/V<1.6	4.98	0.678	14.64	0.266	25.51	0.075	12.28	0.491	-1.53	0.811	-14.57	0.426	0.70	0.957	4.14	0.585
≧1.6	20.91	0.028	18.96	0.067	19.83	0.076	43.74	0.002	10.59	0.037	6.66	0.641	12.33	0.235	7.55	0.204

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