Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations

Table 1

Characteristics of the population studied in the three compared groups.

Variable	Twardowski cohort [3]; (𝑛=86)	Mexican cohort [4]; (𝑛=86)	Costa Rican cohort; (𝑛=30)
Age (years)	NR	45.6±16.0	60.23±11.55
Male gender (%)	NR	41 (47.7)	25 (83.33)‡
Diabetes mellitus (%)	18 (20.9)	35 (40.7)	19 (63.33)∗‡
Therapy time (weeks)	21.22±12.2	83.2±172	39.55±34.7^∗
Peritonitis during treatment (%)	0	2 (2.3)	9 (30)‡
Albumin (g/dL)	NR	3.23±0.7	2.97±0.5
C reactive protein (mg/dL)	NR	0.98±0.2	0.97±1.2

NR: not reported.
∗Value of 𝑃<0.05 for the comparison between the Twardowski and the Costa Rican cohorts.
‡Value of 𝑃<0.01 for the comparison between the Mexican and the Costa Rican cohorts.