Table 4:

Number and rates of dropouts and unscheduled visits.

	RM-APD		APD
		Events rates		Events rates	P
Dropouts, total	110	23.97 ± 7.52	131	31.71 ± 8.35	0.048
Shift to HD	42	9.42 ± 4.50	36	9.21 ± 4.80	.970
Peritonitis	16	3.9 ± 3.4	21	5.2 ± 3.8	.42
UF insufficiency	11	2.4 ± 2.7	5	1.0 ± 2.2	.22
Other causes	12	3.0 ± 3.1	6	1.9 ± 3.1	.44
Surgery	6	1.4 ± 2.2	7	1.7 ± 2.2	.77
Kidney transplant	7	3.23 ± 1.50	12	5.96 ± 4.88	.45
CVD deaths	13	2.9 ± 2.5	24	6.2 ± 3.8	0.032
All cause deaths	33	7.4 ± 2.0	55	13.5 ± 5.8	0.006
Unscheduled visits, total	234	46.23 ± 41.06	282	71.24 ± 63.14	.324
Telephone	23	5.99 ± 7.93	4	0.94 ± 1.32	.063
Medical office	141	28.06 ± 29.25	184	48.68 ± 50.44	.295
Emergency room	92	17.98 ± 16.54	97	22.40 ± 21.76	.629

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

Bold font indicates significant difference between APD and RM-APD.

Rates were calculated for each center as: (number of unscheduled visits × 1200)/(total months of follow-up), this normalized the visits to 100 patients/year at risk at center. Dropouts included all causes of patients terminating their participation: by patient decision (leaving the study, change of dialysis modality, lack of caregivers), for administrative reasons (change of residence, loss of validity in social security), kidney transplant (n = 19; RM-APD n = 7 and APD n = 12), medical causes (change of dialysis modality, surgery, accident) and deaths (n = see Table 3).

UF, ultrafiltration; CVD, cardiovascular disease.