The Role of Cathepsin B in Peritoneal Fibrosis due to Peritoneal Dialysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients.

Variables	Data^a
Age (years)	59 ± 13
Sex, male/female (% of male)	35/33 (51%)
Diabetes mellitus, yes/no (%)	61/7 (90%)
PD vintage^b (days)	365 (124–983)
Urine volume^c (ml/day)	877 ± 662
Renal Kt/Vurea^c	0.8 ± 0.8
Peritoneal Kt/Vurea	1.2 ± 0.5
Total Kt/Vurea	2.0 ± 0.8
D/Pcr	0.72 ± 0.12
Serum procathepsin B (μg/L)	3.6 ± 1.6
Effluent procathepsin B (μg/L)	5.4 (3.9–8.9)
Serum cystatin C (mg/L)	4.4 ± 1.3
Effluent cystatin C (mg/L)	0.6 (0.4–0.8)
Effluent CA 125 (IU/L)	41.3 (23.3–62.9)

^aData are expressed as mean ± SD, median (IQR), or %. ^bInterval from PD catheter insertion to the day of obtaining serum and dialysis effluent samples. ^c12 anuric cases are excluded.