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Quantifying comorbidity in peritoneal dialysis patients and its relationship to other predictors of survival

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2002 · Vol. 17(6) · pp. 1085–1092

Abstract

Comorbidity has a quantitative effect on survival that is independent of age, RRF and membrane function in PD patients. Comorbidity also appears to be associated with increased solute transport at the start of treatment, which is sustained. With the exception of diabetes, grade of comorbidity does not have a profound effect on loss of RRF.

Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeComorbidityMedicinePeritoneal dialysisInternal medicineProportional hazards modelRenal functionDialysisKidney diseaseSurvival analysisHemodialysis

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Analysis of VarianceHumansPeritoneal DialysisPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesSerum AlbuminTime FactorsCohort StudiesBiomarkersComorbidityPrevalenceProportional Hazards ModelsSurvival AnalysisTreatment Outcome

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