Research Article

Association of Continuous-Equivalent Urea Clearances with Death Risk in Intermittent Hemodialysis

Table 2

Hemodialysis treatment period durations and reasons for discontinuation.

%Duration (years)
MeanSDMinMax

Continuing1933.32.51.70.45.8
Death1628.12.31.60.66.9
Transplantation814.01.41.30.64.6
Transfer to another unit814.01.31.20.33.8
Transfer to peritoneal dialysis35.32.11.40.73.5
Decision35.30.80.30.61.1

The numbers include hemodialysis treatment periods ongoing on January 1, 1998 (from that date on), and incident periods during the nine-year observation time until December 31, 2006 (unless terminated earlier).