Do Automated Peritoneal Dialysis and Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Have the Same Clinical Outcomes? A Ten-year Cohort Study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: This paper reports a comprehensive comparison for mortality and technique failure rates between automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in Taiwan. A propensity-score matched cohort study was conducted by retrieving APD and CAPD patients identified from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database between 2001 and 2010. The main outcomes were the 5-year mortality and technique failure rates. Further analyses were then carried out based upon the first (2001-2004), second (2005-2007), and third (2008-2010) sub-periods. Similar baseline characteristics were identified for APD (n?=?2,287) and CAPD (n?=?2,287) patients. The proportion on APD therapy increased rapidly in the second sub-period. As compared to CAPD patients of this sub-period, APD patients had a significantly higher risk of mortality (HR, 1.37; 95% CI 1.09-1.72; p?

SUBMITTER: Tang CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4937348 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature