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Table 1 Comparison of baseline parameters between patients without (group 1) and with (group 2) 30-day unexpected rehospitalization

From: Prevalence, risk factors and impact on outcomes of 30-day unexpected rehospitalization in incident peritoneal dialysis patients

Variables

Total (n = 1632)

Group 1(n = 1483)

Group 2 (n = 149)

P value

Age (years)

46.9 ± 15.3

46.6 ± 15.2

50.2 ± 16.8

0.013

Gender (male) n (%)

981 (60.1)

892 (60.1)

89 (59.7)

0.921

Primary kidney diseases n (%)

0.331

 Chronic glomerulonephritis

991 (60.7)

905 (61.1)

85 (57.0)

–

 Diabetic nephropathy

365 (22.4)

324 (21.8)

41 (27.5)

–

 Hypertensive nephropathy

113 (6.9)

106 (7.1)

7 (4.7)

–

 Others

163 (10.0)

147 (9.9)

16 (10.7)

–

Diabetes mellitus n (%)

417 (25.6)

371 (25.0)

46 (30.9)

0.118

CVD history n (%)

348 (21.3)

313 (21.1)

35 (23.5)

0.498

BMI (kg/m2)

21.8 ± 3.2

21.8 ± 3.2

22.0 ± 3.2

0.372

Mean blood pressure (mmHg)

110.4 ± 16.8

109.0 ± 16.7

110.0 ± 18.5

0.760

Length of index hospital stay (day)a

23.7 ± 10.1

23.5 ± 9.9

26.3 ± 12.0

0.006

Hemoglobin (g/L)

79.2 ± 18.7

79.2 ± 18.7

78.3 ± 18.1

0.539

Platelet (109/L)

193.6 ± 78.7

193.9 ± 79.2

190.6 ± 73.4

0.627

Uric acid (μmol/L)

488.5 ± 149.5

490.2 ± 148.7

471.7 ± 157.0

0.161

Corrected calcium (mmol/L)

2.1 ± 0.3

2.1 ± 0.3

2.1 ± 0.3

0.290

Phosphorus (mmol/L)

2.0 ± 0.6

2.1 ± 0.6

2.0 ± 0.5

0.196

iPTH (pg/mL)

348.7

(201.7540.2)

351.8

(204.7539.0)

333.9

(175.2551.2)

0.521

Albumin (g/L)

34.7 ± 5.1

34.8 ± 5.1

33.8 ± 5.7

0.016

TC (mmol/L)

4.7 ± 1.4

4.7 ± 1.4

4.7 ± 1.6

0.802

TG (mmol/L)

1.3 (0.9,1.9)

1.3 (0.9,1.9)

1.3 (1.0,2.0)

0.664

Hyponatremia n (%)

105 (6.9)

87 (6.3)

18 (12.9)

0.003

Hypokalemia n (%)

364 (23.8)

328 (23.6)

36 (25.7)

0.578

Creatinine (μmol/L)

793.7 ± 286.9

794.8 ± 283.6

782.1 ± 318.9

0.648

  1. Values were expressed as mean ± SD, median (interquartile range), or number (percentage)
  2. Abbreviations: CVD cardiovascular disease, BMI body mass index, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride
  3. aLength of index hospital stay refers to the hospitalization days during which patients obtained peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheterization and began PD treatment