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Table 2 The risk of the first episode of peritonitis, technique failure and mortality in patients with and without multidisciplinary pre-dialysis care

From: The impact of multidisciplinary pre-dialysis care on the outcomes of incident peritoneal dialysis patients

 

Multidisciplinary pre-dialysis care

 

Event

No (N = 126)

Yes (N = 546)

p-value

The first episode of peritonitis

  n

47

211

 

  Person-years

360

1616

 

  Incidence ratea

1.30

1.31

 

  cHR (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (0.73,1.37)

0.98

  aHRb (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

1.15 (0.83,1.61)

0.41

  aHRc (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

1.19 (0.85,1.67)

0.31

  aSHRb (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

1.15 (0.83,1.61)

0.40

  aSHRc (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

1.20 (0.85,1.67)

0.30

Technique failure

  n

76

276

 

  Person-years

518

2258

 

  Incidence ratea

1.47

1.22

 

  cHR (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.83 (0.64,1.07)

0.14

  aHRd (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.86 (0.64,1.15)

0.31

  aHRe (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.85 (0.64,1.15)

0.29

Mortality

  n

38

113

 

  Person-years

681

2837

 

  Incidence ratea

0.56

0.47

 

  cHR (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.83 (0.58,1.19)

0.30

  aHRf (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.63 (0.41,0.97)

0.04

  aHRg (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.66 (0.42,1.02)

0.06

  1. cHR Crude hazard ratio, aHR Adjusted hazard ratio, aSHR Adjusted sub-distribution hazard ratio
  2. aincidence rate per 10 person-years
  3. badjusted for gender, diabetes, hypertension, HBV, HCV, icodextrin use, APD use, Kt/V, albumin and years of dialysis initiation
  4. cadjusted for gender, diabetes, hypertension, HBV, HCV, icodextrin use, APD use, renal Kt/V, albumin and years of dialysis initiation
  5. dadjusted for gender, age, alcohol drinking, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, HCV, icodextrin use, APD use, Kt/V, albumin and years of dialysis initiation
  6. eadjusted for gender, age, alcohol drinking, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, HCV, icodextrin use, APD use, peritoneal kt/V, albumin and years of dialysis initiation
  7. fadjusted for gender, age, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, liver cirrhosis, gout, HCV, icodextrin use, APD use, PET, Kt/V, albumin and Hb
  8. gadjusted for sex, age, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, liver cirrhosis, gout, HCV, icodextrin use, APD use, PET, renal Kt/V, albumin and Hb