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Table 5 Background and clinical characteristics of peritoneal dialysis patients with mortality

From: Growing a peritoneal dialysis program in Palestine from zero to 178 patients in 5 years: a single-center experience

 

Mortality

 

Multivariable Analysis

 

Yes

No

P- value*

aOR (95%CI)

aP- value

Age in years

55.5 ± 18.8

50.9 ± 15.8

.189

1.1 (.97–1.2)

.466

Gender

Male

14 (16.5%)

71 (83.5%)

.824

1

 

Female

13 (17.8%)

60 (82.2%

 

1.8 (.60–5.6)

.296

Body Mass Index

23.9 ± 4.9

25.6 ± 6.0

.164

.89 (.80–1.2)

.114

Educational level

Primary education or below

18 (20.9%)

68 (79.1%)

.161

.79 (.26–2.4)

.680

Secondary education or above

9 (12.5%)

63 (87.5%)

 

1

 

Residence

Nablus

12 (14.3%)

72 (85.7%)

.319

1

 

Others (outside Nablus)

15 (20.3%)

59 (79.7%)

 

2.7 (.87–8.6)

.084

Smoking

Yes

9 (14.5%)

53 (85.5%)

.490

.44 (.14–1.4)

.186

No

18 (18.8%)

78 (81.3%)

 

1

 

Diabetes Mellitus

Yes

15 (20.0%)

60 (80.0%)

.355

1.6 (.52–5.2)

.407

No

12 (14.5%)

71 (85.5%)

 

1

 

Residual Urine

Yes

2 (4.9%)

39 (95.1%)

.016

1

 

No

25 (21.4%)

92 (78.6%)

 

19.6 (2.6–32.2)

.006

PD was the first modality

Yes

5 (18.5%)

22 (81.5%)

.828

1

 

No

22 (16.8%)

109 (83.2%)

 

6.4 (1.2–26.7)

.033

Need for Caregiver

Yes

15 (27.3%)

40 (72.7%)

.013

1.5 (.63–5.0)

.250

No

12 (11.7%)

91 (88.3%)

 

1

 

Any mechanical complication

Yes

3 (10.3%)

26 (89.7%)

.286

1.8 (.41–7.9)

.436

No

24 (18.6%)

105 (81.4%)

 

1

 

Peritonitis

Yes

9 (18.8%)

39 (81.2%)

.714

.99 (.34–2.9)

.899

No

18 (16.4%)

92 (83.6%)

 

1

 
  1. *Chi-squared test and independent t-test, aOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval, aP- value: adjusted P- value