Table 1.

Baseline data of the two groups: incrPD and stPD

	incrPD	stPD	p
Number of patients	29	76
Male gender	13 (55 %)	50 (66 %)	0.611
Age (years)	63 ± 12	59 ± 18	0.200
Weight (Kg)	63.4 ± 10.2	62.8 ± 16.7	0.837
BMI (Kg/m2)	24.3 ± 3.9	23.3 ± 3.7	0.130
RRF (ml/min/1.73 m2 BSA)	5.74 ± 1.34	5.42 ± 1.75	0.381
D/P creatinine 4th hour	0.63 ± 0.14	0.62 ± 0.11	0.426

incrPD incremental peritoneal dialysis, stPD standard peritoneal dialysis, BMI body mass index, RRF residual renal function, BSA body surface area, D/P dialysate/plasma