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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Risk factors for peritonitis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis who undergo colonoscopy: a retrospective multicentre study

Characteristics

Peritonitis (n = 9)

No peritonitis (n = 227)

P

Male, n (%)

5 (55.6)

123 (54.2)

1.000

Age, years (± SD)

52.6 (± 11.1)

50.4 (± 16.7)

0.061

BMI, kg/m2 (± SD)

24.3 (± 2.2)

24.2 (± 3.3)

0.796

Etiology of ESRD

  

1.000

 Diabetes, n (%)

3 (33.3)

85 (37.4)

 

 Non-diabetes, n (%)

6 (66.7)

142 (62.6)

 

Duration of CAPD, months

33.9 ± 25.5

51.4 ± 53.7

0.207

Indication for colonoscopy

 Screening, n (%)

5 (55.6)

137 (60.4)

0.744

 Non-screening, n (%)

4 (44.4)

90 (39.6)

 
  1. SD standard deviation, ESRD end stage renal disease, CAPD continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis