Table 2.
Relation between PD effluent cytokines level and peritoneal transport characteristics.
| Baseline | 1 year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-6 | COX-2 | HGF | IL-6 | COX-2 | HGF | |
| baseline | ||||||
| D/P4 | r = 0.618, p < 0.01 | r = 0.633, p < 0.01 | r = −0.051, p = 0.7 | |||
| MTAC | r = 0.596, p < 0.01 | r = 0.567, p < 0.01 | r = −0.027, p = 0.9 | |||
| UF volume | r = 0.071, p = 0.7 | r = 0.026, p = 0.9 | r = −0.041, p = 0.8 | |||
| 1 year | ||||||
| D/P4 | r = −0.067, p = 0.7 | r = 0.013, p = 0.9 | r = 0.035, p = 0.8 | r = 0.648, p < 0.01 | r = 0.721, p < 0.01 | r = 0.201, p = 0.2 |
| MTAC | r = −0.071, p = 0.7 | r = −0.014, p = 0.9 | r = 0.065, p = 0.7 | r = 0.629, p < 0.01 | r = 0.667, p < 0.01 | r = 0.247, p = 0.1 |
| UF volume | r = −0.059, p = 0.7 | r = 0.091, p = 0.6 | r = −0.362, p = 0.01 | r = −0.056, p = 0.7 | r = −0.044, p = 0.8 | r = −0.040, p = 0.8 |
PD, peritoneal dialysis; D/P4, dialysate-to-plasma creatinine ratio at 4 hours; MTAC, mass transfer area coefficient of creatinine; UF, ultrafiltration, IL-6, interleukin-6; COX-2, cyclooxygenases-2; HGF, hepatocyte growth factor.