Impact of initial dialysis modality on the survival of patients with ESRD in eastern China: a propensity-matched study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are conflicting research results about the survival differences between hemodialysis(HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD). The present study estimated the survival and the relative mortality hazard for incident HD and PD patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) in eastern China.

Methods

This study examined a cohort of patients with ESRD who initiated dialysis therapy in Zhejiang province between Jan of 2010 and Dec of 2014, followed up until the end of 2015. PD patients were matched in a 1:1 fashion with HD patients, and Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to explore the survival of them. The Cox proportional hazard regression model was applied to identify the factors that predict survival by treatment modality. Subgroup analyses were conducted by stratifying pat

SUBMITTER: Yao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7389640 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature