Table 2 Mortality following peritoneal dialysis technique failure.

From: Association between causes of peritoneal dialysis technique failure and all-cause mortality

 

Infection (n = 2415)

Inadequate Dialysis (n = 883)

Mechanical (n = 836)

Social (n = 529)

Total (n = 4663)

p-value

All-cause mortality (per 100 patients, 95% CI)

  0–2 years (n = 4663)

29 (27–31)

21 (18–23)

20 (17–22)

35 (31–40)

26 (25–28)

<0.001

  >2–5 years (n = 2379)

38 (36–41)

33 (29–38)

36 (32–41)

35 (29–42)

37 (35–39)

0.30

  >5 years (n = 880)

64 (60–68)

62 (54–69)

58 (50–65)

59 (48–69)

62 (59–65)

0.48

Cardiac mortality (per 100 patients, 95% CI)

  0–2 years

10.3 (9.1–11.5)

7.9 (6.3–9.9)

6.8 (5.3–8.7)

10.8 (8.4–13.7)

9.3 (8.5–10.1)

0.007

  >2–5 years

14.7 (12.8–16.7)

12.9 (10.1–16.3)

11.4 (8.7–14.8)

11.6 (8.0–16.4)

13.5 (12.1–14.9)

0.27

  >5 years

23.3 (19.8–27.3)

26.1 (19.9–33.4)

23.8 (17.7–31.2)

19.3 (12.2–29.0)

23.5 (20.8–26.4)

0.70

Infectious mortality (per 100 patients, 95% CI)

  0–2 years

4.0 (3.3–4.8)

1.7 (1.0–2.8)

2.3 (1.5–3.5)

1.7 (0.9–3.2)

3.0 (2.5–3.5)

0.001

  >2–5 years

4.8 (3.7–6.1)

2.0 (1.0–3.7)

4.4 (2.8–6.8)

3.1 (1.5–6.3)

4.0 (3.3–4.9)

0.059

  >5 years

8.2 (6.1–11.0)

4.3 (2.1–8.7)

7.9 (4.6–13.4)

4.8 (1.9–11.7)

7.2 (5.6–9.1)

0.31

Withdrawal mortality (per 100 patients, 95% CI)

  0–2 years

7.4 (6.4–8.5)

4.5 (3.3–6.1)

4.2 (3.0–5.8)

13.6 (10.9–16.8)

7.0 (6.3–7.8)

<0.001

  >2–5 years

9.6 (8.1–11.3)

8.7 (6.5–11.7)

10.4 (7.8–13.7)

10.2 (6.9–14.9)

9.6 (8.5–10.9)

0.85

  >5 years

17.7 (14.6–21.4)

18.6 (13.4–25.4)

17.9 (12.6–24.8)

16.9 (10.3–26.3)

17.8 (15.5–20.5)

0.99

  1. Data expressed as median ± IQR, as number (proportion) or as mortality rate per 100 patients (95% confidence intervals).