Table 2.

Propensity-matched hospitalization rates and length of stay (n=1820)

Variable	Hemodialysis			Peritoneal Dialysis
	Patients (n)	Rate per Person-Year	LOS			Patients (n)	Rate per Person-Year	LOS
			Median (IQR) (d)	LOS/Follow-up per 1000	Median (IQR) (d)			LOS/Follow-up per 1000
All causes	3147	1.39	3 (1–9)	37.5	2994	1.38	4 (2–10)	39.7
Cardiovascular	754	0.33	5 (2–11)	10.2	667	0.31	6 (2–15)	12.0
Infection	383	0.17	8 (4–17)	7.0	631	0.29	7 (4–14)	10.3
Abdominal	27	0.012	9 (3–14)	0.60	39	0.018	7 (4–18)	0.55
Dialysis-related	94	0.041	7 (4–15)	1.5	401	0.185	6 (4–13)	5.9
Genitourinary	23	0.010	5 (3–8)	0.27	20	0.009	6 (5–13)	0.25
Musculoskeletal	15	0.007	20 (13–44)	0.48	17	0.008	9 (1–21)	1.2
Pneumonia	51	0.022	7 (5–12)	0.78	27	0.012	7 (4–16)	0.40
Septicemia	69	0.030	10 (5–18)	1.2	17	0.008	6 (4–13)	0.48
Skin	29	0.013	9 (5–21)	0.59	28	0.013	7 (3–14)	0.37
Other infection	75	0.033	9 (4–17)	1.6	82	0.038	8 (4–13)	1.2
Other	2010	0.89	2 (1–7)	20.3	1696	0.78	3 (1–8)	17.4

LOS, length of stay; IQR, interquartile range; LOS/follow-up, ratio of total length-of-stay and total follow-up.