Table 3.

Cumulative incidences of events of interest calculated by Kaplan–Meier analysis and by competing risks analysis

Years after initiation of dialysis	1	2	3	4
Kaplan–Meier analysis∗
Technique failure	0.049	0.103	0.156	0.195
Competing risks analysis
Technique failure	0.046	0.091	0.128	0.152
Transplantation	0.015	0.032	0.046	0.054
Death	0.100	0.190	0.258	0.316

^∗In Kaplan–Meier analysis, transplantation and death were censored.