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Table 1 Patient characteristics by ADS

From: Patient-reported advantages and disadvantages of peritoneal dialysis: results from the PDOPPS

 

Overall

ADS

Patient characteristic

-2 ≤ ADS < 0

0 ≤ ADS < 0.5

0.5 ≤ ADS < 1

1 ≤ ADS ≤2

N patients

2760

181

667

959

953

Age, years

60.9(14.2)

59.0(13.4)

59.7(14.3)

61.2(14.4)

61.8(14.1)

Sex, % male

59%

61%

64%

57%

56%

BMI, kg/m2

26.8(6.1)

25.7(5.5)

26.3(6.0)

27.1(6.2)

27.2(6.0)

PD vintage, years

1.99(2.24)

1.80(2.02)

2.04(2.59)

1.94(2.10)

2.04(2.15)

PD modality, % APD

62%

43%

56%

64%

67%

Day dwell, %

66%

71%

70%

67%

60%

Comorbid conditions (%)

 Coronary artery disease

21%

17%

21%

22%

21%

 Cancer (non-skin)

11%

8%

11%

10%

13%

 Other cardiovascular disease

14%

10%

13%

15%

14%

 Cerebrovascular disease

10%

11%

11%

10%

9%

 Congestive heart failure

15%

18%

14%

15%

14%

 Diabetes

44%

51%

45%

42%

43%

 Gastrointestinal bleeding

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

 Hypertension

91%

93%

92%

89%

90%

 Lung disease

5%

5%

5%

6%

5%

 Neurologic disease

4%

8%

4%

4%

4%

 Psychiatric disorder

12%

13%

12%

13%

12%

 Peripheral vascular disease

13%

9%

15%

11%

13%

 Gangrene/recurrent cellulitis

2%

3%

2%

1%

1%

Peritonitis in last 4 months, %

8%

10%

8%

9%

7%

Albumin, g/dL

3.45(0.56)

3.28(0.60)

3.42(0.57)

3.47(0.53)

3.47(0.56)

24-h urine volume, L

0.95(0.76)

0.74(0.59)

0.92(0.77)

0.96(0.76)

1.00(0.78)

Prescribed therapy volume, L/day

7.92(3.92)

7.72(3.24)

7.82(3.70)

7.94(4.09)

8.02(4.01)

Peritoneal Kt/V urea

1.39(0.53)

1.37(0.48)

1.42(0.52)

1.37(0.50)

1.40(0.56)

Treated with HD treatmentsa, %

42%

39%

44%

39%

45%

Require help setting up/performing PD treatments

 Never

69%

56%

64%

70%

75%

 Some of the time

17%

22%

21%

16%

14%

 All of the time

14%

22%

15%

13%

11%

Living arrangement

 Lives alone

14%

17%

14%

15%

14%

 Lives with spouse, family, or friends

83%

77%

84%

83%

84%

 Nursing home, institution, or assisted living unit

1%

3%

1%

0%

1%

 Unknown

2%

2%

1%

2%

1%

 Homeless

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

  1. aFacility-based or hospital-based HD treatments. Mean (standard deviation) or % shown
  2. Abbreviations: ADS advantage/disadvantage score, APD automated peritoneal dialysis, BMI body mass index, HD hemodialysis, PD peritoneal dialysis