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Table 1 Baseline demographic and disease characteristics

From: An analysis of the “Half-Perc” versus open surgical placement method for a peritoneal dialysis catheter: a non-inferiority cohort study

Patient characteristics

“Half-Perc”

Open surgery

P value

Patient (n)

126

114

 

Sex (male/female)

84/42

53/61

0.0016

Age (years)

50.6±14.3

52.8±15.6

0.3273

Smoker

36 (28.6%)

25 (21.9%)

0.2380

Alcohol user

15 (11.9%)

9 (7.9%)

0.3011

BMI (kg/m2)

23.9±4.1

22.0±2.6

0.0008

MAP (mmHg)

113.0±16.4

110.0±15.8

0.3470

Primary disease

  

0.2720

 Glomerulonephritis

71 (56.3%)

59 (51.8%)

 

 Diabetic nephropathy

40 (31.8%)

31 (27.2%)

 

 Obstructive nephropathy

6 (4.8%)

8 (7.0%)

 

 Other causes

9 (7.1%)

16 (14.0%)

 

History of abdominal surgery

6

10

0.1883

 Appendectomy

3 (2.4%)

2 (1.8%)

 

 Cesarean section

0 (0.0%)

3 (2.6%)

 

 Nephrectomy

1 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 Others

2 (1.6%)

5 (4.4%)

 

Laboratory values

 Serum creatinine (umol/L)

879.7±280.2

867.2±284.7

0.9273

 Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)

27.3±11.3

26.5±12.6

0.5695

 Serum albumin (g/L)

34.9±5.0

34.8±6.0

0.6559

 Hemoglobin (g/L)

81.0±16.5

79.2±16.9

0.2846

 24 h urine volume (mL)

1156.0±647.4

1154.0±579.1

0.9977

 eGFR (%)

5.0±1.9

5.3±2.5

0.7843