Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations

Table 2

Peritoneal transportation according to the clinical characteristics of the population under study.

Variable	Type of transporter				P value
	Low; 𝑛=5	Low-average; 𝑛=11	High-average; 𝑛=11	High; 𝑛=3
Age (years)	62.2±16.9	62.6±7.7	55.3±12.6	66.3±5.7	0.34
Male gender (%)	5 (20)	9 (36)	8 (32)	3 (12)	0.47
Diabetes mellitus (%)	4 (21.1)	8 (42.1)	6 (31.6)	1 (5.3)	0.47
Peritonitis (%)	1 (11.1)	4 (44.4)	3 (33.3)	1 (11.1)	0.92
Dialysed volume (L)	3.11±0.2	2.83±0.3	3.10±0.3	2.90±0.6	0.19
Therapy time (weeks)	27.5±18.6	44.6±45.6	30.5±18.5	74.5±42.3	0.20
Albumin (g/dL)	3.12±0.1	3.01±0.5	2.87±0.7	3.00±0.4	0.84
C reactive protein (mg/dL)	0.42±0.1	0.95±1.4	1.27±1.2	0.81±1.2	0.62