Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis Favourably Compares with Hemodialysis as a Bridge to Renal Transplantation

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.

	Gender	Age, years	BMI, kg/m^2	Underlying renal disease	RRF loss rate in predialysis, mL/min/month	RRF at dialysis initiation, mL/min
Incremental PD; (𝑛=17)	9 F/8 M (53%)	37±13	23±2	3 Alport	−0.97±0.34	6.9±1.1
				2 FSGS
				2 VUR
				2 Ig AGNF
				1 SLE
				1 MC GNF
				1 undefined GNF
				1 DN
				1 vascular disease
				3 unknown
HD; (𝑛=24)	10 F/14 M (42%)	43±14	23±2	3 Ig A GNF	−0.99±0.48	6.8±1.5
				3 undefined GNF
				2 MN
				2 VUR
				2 HUS
				2 Alport
				1 ADPKD
				1 DN
				1 FSGS
				1 vasculitis
				6 unknown
P value	0.7	0.1	0.8		0.48	0.4

FSGS: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; VUR: vescicoureteral reflux; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; MC GNF: mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis; DN: diabetic nephropathy; MN: membranous nephropathy; HUS: haemolytic uremic syndrome; ADPKD: autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; GNF: glomerulonephritis; Ig A: immunoglobulin A.