Prognostic factors of all-cause mortalities in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a cohort study

BMC Nephrology

Table 1 Comparisons of baseline characteristics of eligible versus ineligible patients

Variables	Eligible group		Ineligible group		p-value
Variables	n	No (%)^*	n	No (%)^*	p-value
Age, year	1,177	50 (14)	10,346	53 (15)	< 0.001
Male	1,177	590 (50.1)	10,346	5,008 (48.4)	0.26
^£ BMI, kg/m²	1,037	22.4 (4.0)	5,886	22.1 (4.0)	0.09
Serum creatinine, mg/dL	1,177	6.8 (1.1)	10,346	6.8 (1.1)	0.99
Co-morbidities
^§ DM	749	249 (33.2)	6,806	2,076 (30.5)	0.12
^π HT	749	294 (39.2)	6,806	2,447 (36.0)	0.08
^¥ CVD	749	33 (4.4)	6,806	211 (3.1)	0.06
Anuria, N (%)	1,177	63 (5.4)	10,346	311 (2.9)	< 0.001
Serum albumin, g/dL	1,138	3.3 (0.7)	8,309	3.2 (0.7)	< 0.001
Hemoglobin, g/dL	1,164	9.0 (2.0)	8,572	8.8 (1.9)	< 0.001
Urine volume, ml	1,154	705 (529)	9,234	645 (475)	< 0.001
^μSBP, mmHg	1,177	141 (25)	10,346	141 (26)	0.99
^¶DBP, mmHg	1,177	81 (14)	10,346	80 (15)	0.021

*mean (SD) for continuous data, ^£ Body mass index, ^§ Diabetes, ^π Hypertension, ^¥ Cardiovascular disease, ^μ Systolic blood pressure, ^¶ Diastolic blood pressure, Conversion factors for units: serum creatinine in mg/dL to mol/L, ×88.4; serum albumin in g/dL to g/L, ×10; hemoglobin in mg/dL to g/L, ×10.

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