Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations

Table 3

Comparison between the ratio of solutes and dialysis volume drained in the original, the Mexican, and the Costa Rican population.

	Twardowski et al. [3]; (n)	Mexican cohort [4]; (n)	Costa Rican cohort; (n)
D/P creatinine 0 h	0.07±0.05 (86)	0.12±0.06 (86)	0.05±0.04 (30)^‡
D/P creatinine 2 h	0.48±0.14 (101)	0.48±0.10 (86)	0.36±0.09 (30)^*‡
D/P creatinine 4 h	0.65±0.16 (101)	0.68±0.12 (86)	0.66±0.12 (30)
D/D0 glucose 2 h	0.55±0.11 (86)	0.59±0.08 (86)	0.53±0.13 (30)^‡
D/D0 glucose 4 h	0.38±0.11 (85)	0.39±0.09 (86)	0.29±0.05 (30)^*‡
Drained volume (L)	2.37±0.28 (94)	2.46±0.18 (86)	2.99±0.33 (30)^*‡

∗Value of 𝑃<0.05 for the comparison between the Twardowski and the Costa Rican cohorts.
‡Value of 𝑃<0.01 for the comparison between the Mexican and the Costa Rican cohorts.