Impact of initial dialysis modality on the survival of patients with ESRD: a propensity-score-matched study

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Patient-level outcomes of HD patients and matched PD patients

Events	HD (n = 125, 665 patient-years)		PD (n = 125, 612 patient-years)		P^*
Events	No. of Events	Exposure-Adjusted Rate(per 100 patient-year)^#	No. of Events	Exposure-Adjusted Rate(per 100 patient-year)^#	P^*
Death	35	5.3	29	4.7	0.538
MACCE	25	3.8	45	7.4	< 0.001
Hospitalization	268	40.3	205	33.5	0.002

MACCE, Main adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events; HD Hemodialysis, PD Peritoneal dialysis
# The exposure-adjusted rate was calculated as 100 times the total number of events divided by the total number of patient-years of exposure
* P values were calculated for the exposure-adjusted incidence rate

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