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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics

From: A longitudinal study of cardiac structure and function using echocardiography in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

Clinical characteristics

Baseline

Age(years)

52.99 ± 13.84

Male (n, %)

39, 54.2

BMI (kg/m2)

23.7 ± 3.4

SBP (mm Hg)

158.83 ± 20.25

DBP (mm Hg)

87.07 ± 15.42

MAP (mm Hg)

110.99 ± 15.57

Primary cause

 DM nephropathy (n, %)

19, 26.39

 Glomerulonephritis (n, %)

44, 61.11

 Obstructive nephropathy (n, %)

5, 6.94

 Lupus nephritis (n, %)

1, 1.4

 Other (n, %)

3, 4.17

Complication

 DM (n, %)

22, 30.56

 HPT (n, %)

67, 93.06

 CVA (n, %)

10, 13.89

 CAD (n, %)

6, 8.33

 CHF (n, %)

9, 12.50

Drug

 ACEI or ARB use

43, 59.72

 CCB

59, 81.94

 Antidiuretic

24, 33.33

 EPO

40, 55.55

 Calcium

35, 48.61

Peritoneal

 Peritoneal Kt/V weekly

1.36 ± 0.35

 Renal Kt/V weekly

0.75 ± 0.46

 Peritoneal CCr weekly

36.57 ± 6.71

 Renal Ccr weekly

35.91 ± 26.12

 PET

1.85 ± 9.68

 Urine output(L)

1.02 ± 0.59

  1. Abbreviations: SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, HPT Hypertension, CVA Cerebral Vascular Accident, CAD Cardiovascular disease, CHF Congestive heart failure, ACEI angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, CCB Calcium Calcium Entry Blockers, EPO erythropoietin, PET Peritoneal Equilibration Test