Table 3 Background and clinical characteristics of peritoneal dialysis patients with peritonitis
Peritonitis | Multivariable Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | P- value* | aOR (95%CI) | aP- value | |
Age in years | 50.3 ± 16.7 | 52.4 ± 16.2 | .458 | 1.1 (.97–1.2) | .819 |
Gender | |||||
Male | 24 (28.2%) | 61 (71.8%) | .565 | 1 | |
Female | 24 (32.9%) | 49 (67.1%) | 1.1 (.46–2.5) | .893 | |
Body Mass Index | 26.6 ± 5.9 | 24.8 ± 5.7 | .082 | 1.1 (.98–1.2) | .120 |
Educational level | |||||
Primary education or below | 27 (31.4%) | 59 (68.6%) | .798 | 1.6 (.64–4.1) | .307 |
Secondary education or above | 21 (29.2%) | 51 (70.8%) | 1 | ||
Residence | |||||
Nablus | 19 (22.6%) | 65 (77.4%) | .021 | 1 | |
Others (outside Nablus) | 29 (39.2%) | 45 (60.8%) | 2.6 (1.1–5.0) | .045 | |
Smoking | |||||
Yes | 19 (30.6%) | 43 (69.4%) | .920 | 1.3 (.52–3.2) | .576 |
No | 29 (30.2%) | 67 (69.8%) | 1 | ||
Diabetes Mellitus | |||||
Yes | 24 (32.0%) | 51 (68.0%) | .638 | 1.5 (.68–3.8) | .407 |
No | 24 (28.9%) | 59 (71.1%) | 1 | ||
Residual Urine | |||||
Yes | 6 (14.6%) | 35 (85.4%) | .011 | 1 | |
No | 42 (35.9%) | 75 (64.1%) | 6.2 (1.5–25.3) | .012 | |
PD was the first modality | |||||
Yes | 7 (25.9%) | 20 (74.1%) | .596 | 1 | |
No | 41 (31.3%) | 90 (68.7%) | 1.6 (.39–6.8) | .498 | |
Need for Caregiver | |||||
Yes | 16 (29.1%) | 39 (70.9%) | .826 | 1.3 (.50–3.2) | .624 |
No | 32 (31.1%) | 71 (68.9%) | 1 | ||
Any mechanical complication | |||||
Yes | 18 (48.6%) | 19 (51.4%) | .005 | 4.8 (1.8–12.1) | .002 |
No | 30 (24.6%) | 92 (75.4%) | 1 | ||