Table 2.

Dialysis-related baseline data of interview survey patients

Variables	HD (n=308)	PD (n=246)	P value
Duration of dialysis (month)	63 (26–135)	37 (16–63)	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	141.8 (24.7)	141.0 (23.2)	0.58
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	76.1 (12.6)	82.3 (14.9)	<0.001
Heart rate (beats/min)	77.5 (10.3)	81.8 (15.1)	<0.01
Serum albumin (g/dL)	4.0 (0.4)	3.8 (0.7)	<0.001
Serum potassium (mmol/L)	4.8 (0.8)	4.0 (0.6)	<0.001
Standard Kt/V (HD) or Kt/V (PD)	2.39 (0.32)	1.97 (0.31)	<0.001
Urea reduction ratio	73.9 (6.2)	–	–
Weekly creatinine clearance (mL/min)	–	60.1 (12.5)	–
Normalised protein nitrogen appearance	–	1.0 (0.2)	–
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	10.5 (1.5)	10.1 (1.5)	<0.01
Body mass index	23.7 (4.5)	23.9 (3.9)	0.22

Data were median (IQR) or mean (SD).

HD, haemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis.