Impact of Pediatric Chronic Dialysis on Long-Term Patient Outcome: Single Center Study

Table 2

Study parameters related to dialysis modality.

Parameters	HD exclusively; (, 53.6%)	PD exclusively; (, 22.7%)	Both modalities; (, 23.6%)	value
Age at dialysis onset (yr.), mean ± SD	12.41 ± 4.58^†	7.58 ± 5.36^†	9.68 ± 5.21	<0.001
Duration of dialysis (yr.), mean ± SD	1.41 ± 0.79	1.32 ± 0.47	1.41 ± 0.76	0.87
Number of patients by period of treatment, (%)
1995–2003	33 (55.9%)	9 (15.3%)	17 (28.8%)	0.09^‡
2004–2013	26 (51.0%)	16 (31.4%)	9 (17.6%)
Hb level, g/dL, mean ± SD
At dialysis onset	9.18 ± 1.62	9.22 ± 1.61	8.8 ± 1.96	0.6
At study end	10.88 ± 1.41	10.55 ± 1.75	10.32 ± 1.46	0.3
Growth SDS, mean ± SD
At dialysis onset
Height SDS	−1.25 ± 0.94	−1.01 ± 1.50	−1.4 ± 0.83	0.52
Weight SDS	−0.64 ± 0.70	−0.31 ± 1.20	−0.55 ± 0.64	0.25
At study end
Height SDS	−1.47 ± 1.22	−1.46 ± 1.44	−2.3 ± 0.8^†	0.009
Weight SDS	−0.81 ± 0.62	−0.37 ± 0.79	−1.22 ± 0.46	<0.001

PD and HD sequentially. . ^‡The number of patients treated by PD increased significantly in the later period.