Table 3.

Prevalence of peritonitis in the two groups of patients: incrPD and stPD

Only first treatment	Number of patients	29	76
	Follow-up (patient-months)	677	2932
	Number of peritonitis episodes	5	56
	Peritonitis incidence (episode/patient-months)	1/135	1/52
Overall	Number of patients	29	110
	Follow-up (patient-months)	677	3926
	Number of peritonitis episodes	5	86
	Peritonitis incidence (episode/patient-months)	1/135	1/46

Overall: calculated over the entire follow-up period according to the modality in use at that time and considering the patient who changes modality as a new patient