Effect of Combining Conventional and Telehealth Methods on Managing Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Retrospective Single-Center Study

Table 1

Comparison of general data in Q1-2018, Q2-2019, and Q1-2020.

Group (quarter)	Number of cases	Gender (male/female)	Age (years)	BMI (kg/m^2)	Dialysis vintage (months)
Q1-2018	394	221/173	56.3 ± 15.1	22.05 ± 3.31	43.8 ± 33.4
Q1-2019	366	194/172	57.4 ± 14.6	22.55 ± 3.09	50.3 ± 35.7
Q1-2020	401	213/188	57.9 ± 14.6	22.51 ± 3.47	52.0 ± 39.0
	—	0.568	0.278	0.064	0.004

Q1-2018: the first quarter of 2018; Q1-2019: the first quarter of 2019; Q1-2020: the first quarter of 2020; BMI: body mass index (body mass (kg)/height (m)²).