Dialysis Modality and Mortality in the Elderly: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Identifying the appropriate choice between hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an unresolved issue in elderly patients with ESRD, who are at high risk for death but have a low chance of receiving kidney transplantation.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Data on 13,065 incident dialysis Korean patients (age≥65 years) receiving HD (n=10,675) or PD (n=2390) were obtained from the Korean Health Insurance dataset. Multiple statistical approaches, including the multivariate Cox model, were used to compare mortality between Korean patients receiving PD and those receiving HD. Subsequently, meta-analysis of previous comparison studies (published since the year 2000; population-based studies) and the Korean dataset was performed.

SUBMITTER: Han SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4455206 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature