Research Article
Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations
Table 2
Peritoneal transportation according to the clinical characteristics of the population under study.
| Variable | Type of transporter | P value | Low
| Low-average
| High-average
| High
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| Age (years) | | | | | 0.34 | Male gender (%) | 5 (20) | 9 (36) | 8 (32) | 3 (12) | 0.47 | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 4 (21.1) | 8 (42.1) | 6 (31.6) | 1 (5.3) | 0.47 | Peritonitis (%) | 1 (11.1) | 4 (44.4) | 3 (33.3) | 1 (11.1) | 0.92 | Dialysed volume (L) | | | | | 0.19 | Therapy time (weeks) | | | | | 0.20 | Albumin (g/dL) | | | | | 0.84 | C reactive protein (mg/dL) | | | | | 0.62 |
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