Table 3.

Relation between PD effluent cytokines level and change in peritoneal transport after 1 year.

Change in peritoneal transport	PD effluent cytokine level
	Baseline level			Change over 1 year
	IL-6	COX-2	HGF	IL-6	COX-2	HGF
D/P4	r = −0.491, p = 0.001	r = −0.466, p = 0.003	r = 0.052, p = 0.7	r = −0.709, p < 0.001	r = −0.555, p < 0.001	r = −0.168, p = 0.3
MTAC	r = −0.532, p < 0.001	r = −0.518, p = 0.001	r = 0.024, p = 0.9	r = −0.747, p < 0.001	r = −0.594, p < 0.001	r = −0.183, p = 0.2
UF volume	r = −0.122, p = 0.4	r = 0.028, p = 0.9	r = −0.382, p = 0.01	r = −0.059, p = 0.7	r = 0.030, p = 0.9	r = 0.039, 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.