Table 2. Comparison of demographic and laboratory characteristics between mortality and survival group.
PD: Peritoneal Dialysis; BMI: Body Mass Index; PET: Peritoneal Equilibration Test; H: High; HA: High-Average; LA: Low-Average; L: Low; CCr: Creatinine clearance; WBC: White Blood Cell; hs-CRP: high sensitive C Reactive Protein.
| Clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters | Mortality group (n=41) | Survival group (n=226) | p |
| Ages (years) | 47.98 ± 12.91 | 49.1 ± 13.72 | 0.628 |
| Number of male (n,%) | 27 (65.9) | 123 (54.4) | 0.175 |
| PD duration (month) | 24 (15.5 – 43.5) | 19 (9 – 39.25) | 0.22 |
| Hypertension (n,%) | 30 (73.2) | 192 (85) | 0.064 |
| Diabetic mellitus (n,%) | 17 (41.5) | 26 (11.5) | < 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.33 ± 3.78 | 21 ± 2.74 | 0.038 |
| BMI < 18.5 | 5 (12.2) | 39 (17.3) | 0.04 |
| BMI: 18.5 – 22.9 | 20 (48.8) | 140 (61.9) | |
| BMI ≥ 23 | 16 (39) | 47 (20.8) | |
| 24-hour urine volume (ml) | 165 (117.5 – 600) | 180 (130 – 500) | 0.681 |
| Residual kidney function | 12 (29.3) | 63 (27.9) | 0.855 |
| D4/P | 0.71 (0.62 – 0.75) | 0.73 (0.62 – 0.77) | 0.187 |
| PET H (n,%) | 3 (7.3) | 17 (7.5) | 0.529 |
| PET HA (n,%) | 22 (53.7) | 144 (63.7) | |
| PET LA (n,%) | 15 (36.6) | 63 (27.9) | |
| PET L (n,%) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (0.9) | |
| Serum urea (mmol/L) | 21.62 ± 5.13 | 18.93 ± 6.23 | 0.01 |
| Creatinine (µmol/L) | 831.9 (699.15 – 982.35) | 761.1 (643.61 – 955.8) | 0.226 |
| Kt/V | 1.95 ± 0.33 | 1.99 ± 0.3 | 0.47 |
| Total CCr (L/week/1.73m2) | 61.45 ± 11.29 | 62.81 ± 8.93 | 0.393 |
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | 104.16 ± 12.5 | 99.41 ± 17.63 | 0.1 |
| Anemia (n,%) | 40 (97.6) | 215 (95.1) | 0.49 |
| WBC (G/L) | 7.03 ± 1.56 | 6.85 ± 1.48 | 0.472 |
| Neutrophil (%) | 61.1 ± 10.4 | 61.4 ± 8.16 | 0.836 |
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 4.22 (3.75 – 4.75) | 4.19 (3.81 – 4.84) | 0.898 |
| Na+ (mmol/L) | 137.09 ± 3.44 | 136.89 ± 3.8 | 0.745 |
| K+ (mmol/L) | 3.87 ± 0.78 | 3.64 ± 0.78 | 0.094 |
| Ca++ (mmol/L) | 2.09 ± 0.36 | 2.04 ± 0.29 | 0.372 |
| Protein (g/dL) | 6.59 ± 0.88 | 6.5 ± 0.66 | 0.448 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.77 ± 0.45 | 3.67 ± 0.49 | 0.222 |
| Prealbumin (mg/dL) | 0.3 ± 0.07 | 0.34 ± 0.08 | 0.005 |
| Uric acid (µmol/L) | 502.7 ± 105.63 | 399.28 ± 69.02 | < 0.001 |
| Increase uric acid (n,%) | 35 (85.4) | 121 (53.5) | < 0.001 |
| hs-CRP (mg/L) | 5.1 (3.1 – 5.65) | 2 (1 – 3.6) | < 0.001 |
| Increase hs-CRP (n,%) | 21 (51.2) | 12 (5.3) | < 0.001 |