Peritoneal Dialysis as a First versus Second Option after Previous Haemodialysis: A Very Long-Term Assessment

Table 1

Patients characteristic.

Variables	Group A-PDF; ( = 37)	Group B-HDPD; ( = 73)
Age (years)	52.2 ± 14.9	52.45 ± 14.7
Age range (years)	16–75	22–80
Sex (male-female)	13–24	31–42
Time at risk on PD (p/m)	2123 57 ± 42	3700 51 ± 49
Time at risk on hemodialysis (p/m)	—	3569.2 49 ± 45
Diabetes ()	10 (27%)	11 (15%)
Peritonitis rate	0.34	0.36

p/m: patient-months. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.