[Retracted] Low Serum Albumin Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis Treatment

Table 2

Comparisons between survival and death.

	Survival (n = 173)	Death (n = 152)	t (x^2)	value
Age	28.75 ± 13.13	66.96 ± 13.89	5.267	<0.001
Male	78	67	0.859	0.651
Female	93	85
Survival time (d)	965.59 ± 794.95	809.02 ± 606.39	1.975	0.049
Systolic pressure (mmHg)	146.72 ± 63.41	139.74 ± 22.05	1.289	0.198
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)	82.32 ± 16.01	79.08 ± 12.96	1.990	0.047
Pulse (beat per minute)	77.63 ± 11.21	78.05 ± 12.05	0.325	0.745
Total protein (g/L)	67.77 ± 33.77	63.04 ± 7.49	1.688	0.092
Albumin (g/L)	36.59 ± 4.85	32.98 ± 4.94	6.621	<0.001
Ca^2+ (mmol/L)	2.22 ± 0.29	2.20 ± 0.26	0.624	0.533
Phosphate (mmol/L)	1.40 ± 0.51	1.36 ± 0.53	0.729	0.467
K^+ (mmol/L)	4.29 ± 0.84	4.09 ± 0.95	2.035	0.322
Na^+ (mmol/L)	139.97 ± 2.95	139.60 ± 2.91	1.128	0.260
Cl^− (mmol/L)	99.84 ± 9.24	98.89 ± 10.60	0.861	0.390
FBG (mmol/L)	7.43 ± 3.87	7.86 ± 3.97	0.970	0.333
BUN (mmol/L)	21.65 ± 44.15	17.47 ± 7.75	1.151	0.251
Creatinine (μmoI/L)	684.77 ± 271.00	564.64 ± 268.80	3.992	<0.001
Hemoglobin (g/L)	117.54 ± 23.72	112.19 ± 22.25	2.085	0.038
PTH (pg/mL)	212.30 ± 203.37	208.34 ± 275.71	0.148	0.882

Note. FBG: fasting blood glucose; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; PTH: parathyroid hormone.