Research Article

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

Table 2

Comparisons of the PD adequacy indices in patients with and without subsequent IAA at presentation and the 2-year minimum follow-up period.

With subsequent IAAaWithout subsequent IAAap-valueb
(mean ± SD)(mean ± SD)
At presentationFollow-upAt presentationFollow-up

Body weight (kg)55.64±13.3356.82±12.9858.10±11.4260.34±12.270.815
Body height (cm)156.73±9.35156.35±9.45158.50±16.97158.38±16.960.637
24-hour urine volume1.09±0.840.73±0.881.04±0.650.61±0.560.779
24-hour dialysate volume6.53±1.637.69±2.357.17±1.949.15±2.540.003
Peritoneal Kt/V urea 1.48±0.391.57±0.401.45±0.321.72±0.390.051
Residual renal Kt/V urea 0.83±0.650.44±0.500.67±0.490.35±0.320.092
Total Kt/V urea 2.30±0.562.00±0.342.12±0.482.04±0.390.095
Peritoneal WCcr L/week/ 1.73m233.81±9.4336.69±10.5735.59±9.0242.28±12.500.018
Residual renal WCcr L/week/1.73m237.78±29.7719.99±21.9732.48±24.6016.69±15.340.405
Total WCcr L/week/1.73m2 80.44±26.8262.66±21.0273.84±23.4161.40±17.030.375
nPCR 1.12±0.391.02±0.281.09±0.271.01±0.250.937

IAAa: Intra-abdominal adhesions.
b = PD adequacy indices at two time period (at presentation and 2-year follow-up) between the two patient groups by means of repeated measures of ANOVA.