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. 2012 Jun 14;13:39. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-39

Table 3.

Baseline patient characteristics and SF-36 domains stratified by nPCR levels

  nPCR
 
<1.2 (n = 55)
≧1.2 (n = 22)
 
Median (Range) Median (Range) P
Age (years)
50.7 (17.6 - 80.1)
47.5 (19.9 - 68.1)
0.665
Gender, Male (n)
5
33
0.780*
DM, n (%)
2 (18.2)
20 (30.3)
0.392a
BMI
24.4 (16.4 – 35.2)
20.6 (14.4 – 25.8)
<0.001
PD modality, CAPD/APD (n)
26/29
16/6
<0.01 *
Hb (g/dL)
9 (3 - 13)
8.8 (6 - 11)
0.388
Albumin (g/dL)
3.6 (2.4 - 69)
3.5 (2.3 - 4.7)
0.663
GPT (U/L)
15 (3 - 458)
13.5 (7 - 39)
0.885
Cr (mg/dL)
11.5 (5.4 - 21.7)
12.6 (3.9 - 20.1)
0.564
hs-CRP (mg/L)
3.33 (0.2 - 199)
7.86 (0.5 - 65.2)
0.299
Peritoneal Kt/V urea
1.36 (0.7 - 2.3)
1.43 (0.7 - 2.2)
0.051
Residual renal Kt/V urea
0.54 (0 - 1.44)
0.91 (0 - 4.1)
0.009
Total Kt/V urea
1.92 (1.1 - 3.0)
2.34 (1.8 - 4.8)
<0.001
Peritoneal WCcr L/week/1.73m2
35.3 (20.9 - 55.2)
36 (10.9 - 52.1)
0.973
Residual renal WCcr L/week/1.73m2
29 (0 - 204.8)
39.2 (0 - 262.4)
0.167
Total WCcr L/week/1.73m2
68.8 (31.4 - 226.7)
84.4 (45.6 - 348.4)
0.007
nPCR
0.96 (0.5 - 1.2)
1.35 (1.2 - 1.6)
<0.001
Physical functioning
76.7 (33.3 - 100)
78.3 (36.7 - 100)
0.612
Role limitation - physical
61.5 (38.5 - 100)
65.4 (46.2 - 100)
0.769
Bodily pain
72.7 (27.3 - 100)
72.7 (27.3 - 100)
0.659
General health
40 (20 - 100)
35 (20 - 90)
0.416
Vitality
35.2 (7.4 - 51.9)
34.3 (11.1 - 44.4)
1
Social functioning
60 (20 - 100)
60 (20 - 80)
0.257
Role limitation - emotional
68.2 (36.4 - 100)
68.2 (45.5 - 100)
1
Mental health 30 (10 - 50) 30 (5 - 45) 0.938

* chi-square test, a likelihood ratio test