Impact of diabetes on survival and clinical outcomes in elderly patients receiving peritoneal dialysis.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the clinical outcomes and mortality risks in elderly peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). A total of 210 incident PD patients aged 70 years or older (mean age 80.7 ± 5.0 years; 60.5% men) who initiated treatment between 2009 and 2020 were analyzed, including 81 (38.6%) with DM. Compared with non-diabetic patients, those with DM were younger (79.6 ± 4.7 vs. 81.4 ± 5.0 years, p = 0.011), and had higher fasting glucose (6.18 [4.53-9.30] vs. 4.88 [4.40-5.63] mmol/L, p < 0.001) and HbA1c (6.10% [5.43-6.78] vs. 5.40% [5.00-5.70], p < 0.001). Annualized mortality was 0.22 deaths per patient-year (95% CI 0.16-0.29) in the DM group and 0.20 (95% CI 0.16-0.25) in the non-DM group. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed no signif

SUBMITTER: Xu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12697273 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature