Table 1.

Correlations with fast high-molecular peritoneal transport (FHMT)

Author	Method	Patient no.	FLMT	Comorbidity	DM	Age	Male sex	Tobacco use	Blood pressure	CRP	Technique failure	Death
Graff et al. [19]	TERalb	39			+
Heaf et al. [4]	JvL	155	+	+	No	+		+			(+)	+
Van Biesen et al. [7]	JvL	135	+							+		+*
Perl et al. [5]	Protein clearance	192	+	PVD + Pulse pressure	No	+	+					+
Balafa et al. [6]	Albumin clearance and loss	257	+	PVD	No	No						No
Dong et al. [8]	Protein clearance	216	+	+		No	+		No	+	+	+*
Sanchez- Villanueva et al. [9]	Protein clearance	133	+	PVD					No			No
Szeto  et al. [10]	Albumin loss	45	+	Atherosclerosis	+					+		(+)

FLMT, fast low-molecular transport; DM, diabetes mellitus; CRP, C-reactive protein; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; J_vL, large-pore peritoneal clearance; +, positive correlation; *Correlation independent of low-molecular transport status. (), insignificant trend.