Table 3. Comparisons of annualised number of hospital days and invasive procedures between dialysis and conservative care, and between haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis from the baseline of first outpatient eGFR ≤15 mL/min/1.73m2 and first outpatient eGFR ≤10 mL/min/1.73m2.
Key: HD = haemodialysis; PD = peritoneal dialysis. Numbers are expressed as median (interquartile range [IQR]).
| Dialysis | Conservative | sig. | HD | PD | sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From first outpatient eGFR ≤15 mL/min/1.73m2 | ||||||
| Outpatient days | 14.1 (IQR, 8.3–55.7) |
7.5 (IQR, 4–12.4)) |
<0.001 | 19.2 (IQR, 8.5–75.9) |
11.9 (IQR, 7.9–15.3) |
0.015 |
| Inpatient days | 2.2 (IQR, 0.7–14.7) |
0.8 (IQR, 0.0–8.7) |
0.005 | 4.3 (IQR, 0.9–17.3) |
1.1 (IQR, 0.3–2.2) |
0.003 |
| Total hospital days | 23.4 (IQR, 10–85.9) |
10 (IQR, 5.2–24.2) |
<0.001 | 38.5 (IQR, 10.8–96.9) |
13.5 (IQR, 9.1–21.5) |
0.002 |
| From first outpatient eGFR ≤10 mL/min/1.73m2 | ||||||
| Outpatient days | 34.3 (IQR, 9.9–92.8) |
9.8 (IQR, 5.1–19.6) |
<0.001 | 59.9 (IQR, 14.7–110.9) |
12.2 (IQR, 3.7–21.3) |
0.002 |
| Inpatient days | 4.1 (IQR, 1.1–20.2) |
7.9 (IQR, 0.0–54.3) |
0.729 | 8.2 (IQR, 1.6–25.1) |
1.9 (IQR, 0.9–5.7) |
0.153 |
| Total hospital days | 77.9 (IQR, 17.8–125.2) |
20.7 (IQR, 7.8–79.8) |
0.015 | 91.3 (IQR, 21.9–129.8) |
17.9 (IQR, 9.2–48.9) |
0.007 |