Variables | Culture negative (n = 57) | Culture positive (n = 147) | p |
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White blood cell (/µL) | 8500 [6100–11650] | 8100 [5800–10900] | 0.65 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.7 ± 1.7 | 10.7 ± 1.6 | 0.43 |
Platelet (× 104/µL) | 23.7 [19.6–30.2] | 20.3 [16.3–26.4] | 0.0102* |
Urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 43.0 [35.0–54.4] | 43.7 [35.5–52.8] | 0.71 |
Creatinine (mg/dL) | 8.6 ± 2.5 | 8.8 ± 3.1 | 0.56 |
Total protein (g/dL) | 6.0 ± 0.85 | 6.0 ± 0.89 | 0.92 |
Albumin (g/dL) | 2.9 [2.6–3.2] | 3.0 [2.5–3.3] | 0.76 |
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) | 20 [17–28] | 19 [15–24] | 0.14 |
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 207 [159–301] | 258 [189–317] | 0.091 |
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) | 228 [183–296] | 216 [187–252] | 0.12 |
Uric acid (mg/dL) | 5.6 ± 1.5 | 5.3 ± 1.2 | 0.27 |
Sodium (mmol/L) | 137 [134–140] | 138 [135–140] | 0.36 |
Potassium (mmol/L) | 3.9 [3.5–4.5] | 3.9 [3.4–4.4] | 0.31 |
Corrected calcium (mg/dL) | 9.5 ± 0.71 | 9.3 ± 0.74 | 0.15 |
Phosphate (mg/dL) | 4.5 [3.7–5.4] | 4.1 [3.4–5.1] | 0.15 |
C-reactive protein (mg/dL) | 1.4 [0.51–3.4] | 1.5 [0.48–4.9] | 0.85 |
Cell counts of dialysate at diagnosis of peritonitis (/µL) | 724 [354–1601] | 1959 [709–5230] | < 0.0001* |
Cell counts of dialysate after antibiotic administration (/µL) | 86 [20–216] | 91 [27–470] | 0.14 |
β2-microglobulin (µg/L) | 29.8 [24.1–34.9] | 26.5 [19.9–33.2] | 0.0235* |
D/P Cr | 0.69 ± 0.09 | 0.69 ± 0.10 | 0.86 |
Kt/V urea per week | 1.8 [1.4–2.2] | 2.0 [1.8–2.4] | 0.35 |