Peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients in Japan: a 2013 retrospective questionnaire survey of Japanese Society for Peritoneal Dialysis member institutions

Table 4 Association between interruption of PD and clinical findings

Catheter removed	Odds ratio	95 % CI interval	P value
PD treatment periods	1.005	0.997–1.012	0.1848
Exit-site tunnel infection	2.560	1.292–5.071	0.007
Infection of intra-abdominal cavity	1.585	0.769–3.269	0.212
Frequency of past peritonitis	3.041	1.787–5.1741	<0.0001

The association of several clinical findings and PD treatment withdrawal using logistic regression analysis. Four clinical findings were selected as statistically significant variables using the stepwise method, and exit-site tunnel infection and frequency of past peritonitis were significantly associated with withdrawal from PD treatment by logistic regression analysis

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