Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population after propensity score matching

	HD, n (%)	PD, n (%)	p
Total patients	279	132
Males	194 (70)	90 (68)	0.78
Females	85 (30)	42 (32)	0.78
Cardiovascular disease	126 (45)	56 (42)	0.60
Diabetes mellitus	94 (34)	33 (25)	0.08
COPD	44 (16)	20 (15)	0.87
Chronic liver disease	29 (10)	15 (11)	0.77
Cancer	41 (15)	19 (14)	0.94
Arterial hypertension	234 (84)	105 (80)	0.28
Age at start of dialysis <65 years	107 (38)	56 (42)	0.43
Age at start of dialysis ≥65 years	172 (62)	76 (58)	0.43
Median age at start of dialysis, years [IQR]	69 [59–78]	69 [54–76]	0.20

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HD hemodialysis, IQR interquartile range, PD peritoneal dialysis