Peritoneal dialysis in rural Australia

BMC Nephrology

Table 4 Peritonitis outcomes

	Major city	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote
Transfer to haemodialysis	1 (reference)	0.89 [0.73–1.10] P = 0.3	0.91 [0.70–1.18] P = 0.5	0.49 [0.28–0.88] P = 0.02
Catheter removal	1 (reference)	0.93 [0.76–1.14] P = 0.5	0.96 [0.75–1.24] P = 0.8	0.75 [0.45–1.22] P = 0.2
Death within 90 days	1 (reference)	0.94 [0.58–1.53] P = 0.8	1.13 [0.60–2.12] P = 0.7	1.08 [0.32–3. 61] P = 0.9

Data presented are odds ratios [95% confidence intervals] and P values, produced from mixed–effects logistic regression. Models were adjusted for age, body mass index category, smoking status, comorbidities, primary kidney disease, late referral, gender, race, and size of treating centre, with infection number nested within patient as random effects.

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