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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Six-minute walk distance predicts hospitalization in elderly peritoneal dialysis patients: a single-center prospective cohort study

Variable

Mean±SD

Age (year)

74.8±5.9

Sex (male/female)

23/10

BMI (kg/m2)

22.5±2.8

PD vintage (month)

24 (13–42)

Type of PD (APD/CAPD, n)

 Primary renal disease (n (%))

  Diabetic nephrology

13 (39.4)

  Chronic glomerulonephritis

9 (27.3)

  Nephrosclerosis

6 (18.2)

  Others

5 (15.2)

 Comorbidity (n (%))

  Hypertension

32 (97)

  Diabetes mellitus

21 (63.6)

  Cardiovascular disease

10 (30.3)

  1. The values are expressed as mean±SD or median (25th to 75th percentiles)