Table 4 Multivariate analysis using the general linear model to assess the difference of influence on the SF-36 between one month and six months following peritoneal dialysis therapy

Age

-0.309

(-0.67-0.05)

0.09

-0.357

(-0.75-0.03)

0.07

-0.24

(-0.66-0.18)

0.262

-0.266

(-0.79-0.26)

0.32

Peritoneal Kt/V

<1.2

26.971

(3.81-50.14)

0.023

34.326

(9.21-59.44)

0.008

25.518

(-1.88-52.91)

0.067

30.703

(-3.53-64.94)

0.078

≧1.2

21.166

(1.64-40.70)

0.034

26.026

(4.85-47.20)

0.017

23.245

(-0.15-46.34)

0.049

33.373

(4.51-62.24)

0.024

Residual renal WCcr

<40

2.824

(-7.24-12.89)

0.578

-4.666

(-15.58-6.25)

0.397

-3.383

(-15.29-8.52)

0.573

10.481

(-4.40-25.36)

0.164

≧40

0

--

0

--

0

--

0

--

nPCR

<1.2

-5.645

(-16.25-4.96)

0.292

-3.325

(-14.82-8.17)

0.566

-0.083

(-12.62-12.46)

0.99

-9.164

(-24.83-6.51)

0.247

≧1.2

0

--

0

--

0

--

0

--

Vitality

Social functioning

Role limitation- emotional

Mental health

β

(CI)

p

β

(CI)

P

β

(CI)

P

β

(CI)

p

Age

-0.089

(-0.28-0.10)

0.346

0.107

(-0.42-0.63)

0.687

-0.154

(-0.55-0.24)

0.437

-0.142

(-0.37-0.08)

0.206

Peritoneal Kt/V

<1.2

11.974

(-0.21-24.16)

0.054

6.724

(-27.39-40.83)

0.695

19.574

(-5.92-45.07)

0.13

11.234

(-3.18-25.65)

0.125

≧1.2

9.276

(-1.0-19.55)

0.076

2.663

(-26.09-31.42)

0.854

15.297

(-6.20-36.79)

0.16

8.402

(-3.75-20.55)

0.172

Residual renal WCcr

<40

2.936

(-2.36-8.23)

0.273

13.906

(-0.92-28.73)

0.066

-0.775

(-11.86-10.31)

0.889

0.949

(-5.32-7.21)

0.763

≧40

0

--

0

--

0

--

0

--

nPCR

<1.2

-6.484

(-12.06- -0.91)

0.023

-13.46

(-29.07-2.15)

0.09

-6.162

(-17.83-5.51)

0.296

-2.398

(-9.0-4.20)

0.471

≧1.2

0

--

0

--

0

--

0

--