Combination of once-weekly haemodialysis with peritoneal dialysis is associated with lower mortality compared with peritoneal dialysis alone: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 20% of patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Japan are on combination with once-weekly haemodialysis (HD). This study aimed to compare outcomes of combination therapy and PD alone.

Methods

This longitudinal study on the Japanese Renal Data Registry included patients on PD from 2010 to 2014. Subjects were followed until the end of 2015. Exposure of interest was combination therapy compared with PD alone. Outcomes were complete transition to HD, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular (CV) mortality and congestive heart failure (CHF)-related mortality. Patients who initiated combination therapy were matched with those on PD alone by propensity scores. Data were analysed using Cox regression models.

Results

Among the matched cohort, 608 patients we

SUBMITTER: Murashima M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8162862 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature