The pattern of choosing dialysis modality and related mortality outcomes in Korea: a national population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Since comorbidities are major determinants of modality choice, and also interact with dialysis modality on mortality outcomes, we examined the pattern of modality choice according to comorbidities and then evaluated how such choices affected mortality in incident dialysis patients.

Methods

We analyzed 32,280 incident dialysis patients in Korea. Patterns in initial dialysis choice were assessed by multivariate logistic regression analyses. Multivariate Poisson regression analyses were performed to evaluate the effects of interactions between comorbidities and dialysis modality on mortality and to quantify these interactions using the synergy factor.

Results

Prior histories of myocardial infarction (p = 0.031), diabetes (p = 0.001), and con

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5511949 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature