Table 3.

Results of primary analysis comparing survival on PD and HD in the Elective Outpatient Start cohort

Variable	Parameter Estimate	Adjusted Hazard Ratio	P
PD	−0.04	0.96	0.44
Age	0.06	1.06	<0.01
Male	0.001	1.00	0.98
Hospitalized in the past year	0.21	1.23	<0.01
Diabetes mellitus	1.84	6.28	<0.01
Ischemic heart disease	0.13	1.14	0.01
Congestive heart failure	0.42	1.52	<0.01
High-risk malignancy	0.56	1.75	<0.01
Hypertension, no complications	−0.24	0.78	<0.01
Cerebrovascular disease	0.33	1.39	<0.01
Chronic ulcer	0.48	1.62	<0.01
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.21	1.23	0.00
Lipid disorder	−0.19	083	0.00
Cardiac rhythm disturbance	0.13	1.13	0.02
Chronic liver disease	0.35	1.41	0.02
Age × diabetes mellitus	−0.02	0.98	<0.01
Diabetes mellitus × time (years)	0.06	1.06	<0.01

PD, peritoneal dialysis. Bold type identifies PD as the main exposure variable.