Effect of Educational Level on Oral Health in Peritoneal and Hemodialysis Patients

Table 1

Distribution of age, gender, and time on dialysis and laboratory findings among PD and HD groups.

	PD group	HD group	P-value
𝑛	76	100
Age (year ± SD)	44 ± 12	46 ± 14
Gender (male/female)	33/43	56/44
Time on dialysis (months)	25 ± 29	27 ± 21
BUN (mg/dL)	55 (30–91)	142 (32–282)
Creatinin (mg/dL)	8.95 (2.30–16.50)	9.05 (3.90–147)
Kt/V	2.25 (0.30–4.05)	1.11 (0.41–2.54)
Ca (mg/dL)	9.18 ± 0.9	9.04 ± 0.7
P (mg/dL)	5.06 ± 1.2	5.95 ± 1.6

𝑛: Number of patients in the groups; PD group: Group of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis treatment; HD group: Group of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment; BUN: Blood urea nitrogen; Kt/V: Marker of dialysis adequacy (𝑘 (clearance) × 𝑡 (dialysis time)/V (patient’s body water)); NS: Statistically not significant (𝑃>0.05).