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Table 2 Peritonitis events and clinical outcomes at the end of the follow-up period for the entire cohort

From: The impact of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis on mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients

Outcomes

Patients (n = 1321)

Follow-up time (months)

Peritonitis events (n, %)

  

 0 time

949 (71.8%)

32 (18–46)

 1 time

234 (17.7%)

38 (25–55)

 2 times

72 (5.5%)

45 (29–59)

 ≥3 times

66 (5.0%)

41 (26–58)

Clinical outcomes (n, %)

 Deaths

261 (19.8%)

24 (12–42)

 Transferred to hemodialysis

111 (8.4%)

26 (15–44)

 Transferred to renal transplantation

218 (16.5%)

17 (15–44)

 Transferred to other PD centres

63 (4.8%)

26 (16–36)

 Loss to follow up

42 (3.2%)

29 (18–39)

 Withdrew treatment

14 (1.4%)

10 (8–16)

 Renal function recovery

1 (0.1%)

5

 Stay on PD

611 (46.3%)

45 (34–59)

  1. NOTE. Values expressed as median (interquartile range), or number (percent)
  2. PD peritoneal dialysis