Table 1.

Surveys of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis

References	Rigby [5]	Nomoto [4]	Kawanishi [7]	Nakamoto [6]	Kawanishi [8]	Hoshii [9]
EPS cases/PD population	54/7374	124/7343	106/3760	256/11549	48/1958	17/843
Incidence rate	0.7%	1.7%	2.8%	2.2%	2.5%	2.0%
Mean PD duration in EPS patients (months)	52 (8–127)	82.9	87 (4–198)	99.6 (10–168)	114 (36–201)	124 ± 36
Mortality rate	56%	31.5% (1 year)	27% (1 year)	39.1%	22.9% (1 year)	12%a
		41.7% (2 years)	42% (2 years)		35.4% (2 years)
		62% (3 years)

EPS Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis; PD peritoneal dialysis

^aData primarily from acute stage of illness