Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients in study 1.

	Peritoneal dialysis patients (n = 16)	Hemodialysis patients (n = 12)	Pre-emptively transplanted patients (n = 4)	P-value
Age (years)	56 (42–62)	57 (47–63)	43 (35–48)	0.10
Gender (F/M)	9/7	2/10	2/2	0.10
Cause of kidney disease
Glomerulonephritis	6 (37%)	5 (41%)	0 (0%)
Renal vascular disease	1 (6%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Cystic kidney disease	4 (25%)	2 (17%)	3 (75%)
Diabetic nephropathy	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Congenital and hereditarykidney disease	1 (6%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Other	2 (13%)	2 (17%)	0 (0%)
Unknown	2 (13%)	3 (25%)	1 (25%)
Dialysis duration (months)	34 (12–55)	45 (6–60)	N/A	0.82
Residual renal function (yes)	6 (38%)	5 (42%)	4 (100%)	0.07
History of peritonitis (yes)	8 (50%)	N/A	N/A
Ultrafiltration failure (yes)	0 (0%)	N/A	N/A

Data are median (IQR) or number of patients (%)

Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; N/A, not applicable.