Research Article
Time on Therapy of Automated Peritoneal Dialysis with and without Remote Patient Monitoring: A Cohort Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the full study population according to the exposure status.
| | Variables | APD-RPM n = 288 | APD-without RPM n = 1176 | p value |
| | Age, years; mean (SD) | 60.2 (16.5) | 60.4 (16.1) | 0.797 | | Sex: male, % (n) | 63.5 (183) | 58.9 (693) | 0.152 | | Diabetes history: yes, % (n) | 49.3 (142) | 53.5 (629) | 0.203 | | Black race, % (n) | 2.4 (7) | 7.7 (90) | 0.001 |
| | Socioeconomic level, % (n) | | Low | 38.5 (111) | 60.3 (709) | <0.001 | | Medium | 57.3 (165) | 35.5 (417) | | High | 4.2 (12) | 4.3 (50) |
| | School level, % (n) | | None | 4.9 (14) | 13.0 (153) | <0.001 | | Elementary | 29.2 (84) | 45.2 (531) | | High school | 48.6 (140) | 33.7 (396) | | University degree | 17.4 (50) | 8.2 (96) |
| | Charlson comorbidity index; mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.8) | 2.1 (1.8) | 0.104 | | Center size, mean (SD) | 137 (43) | 118 (49) | <0.001 | | Hemoglobin, g/dL; mean (SD) | 10.4 (1.7) | 9.9 (1.7) | <0.001 | | Phosphorus, mg/dL; mean (SD) | 5.4 (1.7) | 5.1 (1.6) | 0.176 | | Potassium, mEq/L; mean (SD) | 4.9 (0.8) | 4.9 (0.8) | 0.740 | | Albumin, g/dL; mean (SD) | 3.6 (0.6) | 3.5 (0.6) | 0.066 | | Urine output, mL/day; mean (SD) | 1006 (695) | 971 (674) | 0.443 | | Death events, % (n) | 14.9 (43) | 19.5 (229) | 0.076 | | Technique failure events,% (n) | 16.0 (46) | 13.9 (163) | 0.359 | | Kidney transplant events, % (n) | 5.2 (15) | 2.8 (33) | 0.040 | | Censored events, % (n) | 63.9 (184) | 63.9 (751) | 0.993 | | Follow-up time, months, mean (SD) | 19.0 (7.3) | 16.6 (8.0) | <0.001 |
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APD: automated peritoneal dialysis; RPM: remote patient monitoring; SD: standard deviation.
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