Association Between Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis and the Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Death: A Time-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Although peritoneal dialysis (PD) practices have improved over the past decades, limited evidence exists on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death following PD-associated peritonitis. This study aimed to investigate the association between PD-associated peritonitis and the risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death. Methods: This multicenter, retrospective cohort study included adult patients who newly initiated PD between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2020, with follow-up through 30 September 2022. Patients were matched 1:1 by time from PD initiation to index date (the occurrence date of PD-associated peritonitis for the exposure group and the corresponding matched time on PD for the non-exposure group [individuals without any peritoni

SUBMITTER: Nochaiwong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12641846 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature