Impact of Intra-Abdominal Adhesion on Dialysis Outcome in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Table 1

Comparisons of the baseline characteristics of PD patients with and without subsequent IAA after catheter insertion at presentation.

	With subsequent IAA^a	Without subsequent IAA^a	Total	p-value
	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)
Patients [n (%)]	38 (18.8%)	164 (81.2%)	202
Gender (female)	28 (84.89%)	81 (54.36%)	109 (51.2%)	0.007
Age (years)	55.4±15.5	49.3±14.0	50.7±15.3	0.018
Postoperative follow up (years)	2.9±1.0	2.7±1.2	2.8±1.2	0.364
Overall 1- & 2-year catheter survival	90%  & 79%	96%  & 86%	95%  & 85%	0.173
Peritonitis [n (%)]	19 (50.0%)	55 (27.2%)	74 (36.6%)	0.058
Admission [n (%)]	21 (55.3%)	83 (50.6%)	104 (51.5%)	0.062

IAA: intra-abdominal adhesions.
  =  Baseline characteristics between two patient groups at presentation were compared by way of independent t-test.
= Intra-abdominal adhesions.