Figure 4.
Adjusted technique survival for patients on peritoneal dialysis by race. Model is adjusted for age, sex, era, comorbidities (angina, acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary edema, lung disease, malignancy, coronary artery bypass graft [CABG], smoker, hypertension medications, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes mellitus), geographic region, any predialysis care, distance to center, serum albumin, and body mass index.