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 IAAa
Without subsequent IAAa
p-valueb
(mean ± SD)
(mean ± SD)
At presentation
Follow-up
At presentation
Follow-up
Body weight (kg)
55.64±13.33
56.82±12.98
58.10±11.42
60.34±12.27
0.815
Body height (cm)
156.73±9.35
156.35±9.45
158.50±16.97
158.38±16.96
0.637
24-hour urine volume
1.09±0.84
0.73±0.88
1.04±0.65
0.61±0.56
0.779
24-hour dialysate volume
6.53±1.63
7.69±2.35
7.17±1.94
9.15±2.54
0.003
Peritoneal Kt/V urea
1.48±0.39
1.57±0.40
1.45±0.32
1.72±0.39
0.051
Residual renal Kt/V urea
0.83±0.65
0.44±0.50
0.67±0.49
0.35±0.32
0.092
Total Kt/V urea
2.30±0.56
2.00±0.34
2.12±0.48
2.04±0.39
0.095
Peritoneal WCcr L/week/ 1.73m2
33.81±9.43
36.69±10.57
35.59±9.02
42.28±12.50
0.018
Residual renal WCcr L/week/1.73m2
37.78±29.77
19.99±21.97
32.48±24.60
16.69±15.34
0.405
Total WCcr L/week/1.73m2
80.44±26.82
62.66±21.02
73.84±23.41
61.40±17.03
0.375
nPCR
1.12±0.39
1.02±0.28
1.09±0.27
1.01±0.25
0.937
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.