Association of Peritonitis With Cardiovascular Mortality Over Time in the Peritoneal Dialysis Population: An Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Though peritonitis is associated with increased mortality in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD), its association with cardiovascular mortality remains uncertain.

Methods

The study participants included adult patients (≥18 years old) commencing PD in Australia (from October 2003 to December 2019) using the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) registry. Association between peritonitis and cardiovascular mortality was evaluated using Cox proportional hazards analysis and competing risks analysis. Associations between peritonitis rates between different eras and cardiovascular mortality were also compared using Jointpoint regression model to determine the time point when a significant change in peritonitis trend occurred to define the

SUBMITTER: Cheikh Hassan HI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9751840 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature