Association of Peritonitis With Cardiovascular Mortality Over Time in the Peritoneal Dialysis Population: An Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry Study.

They did not reach statistical significance due to small numbers, 17 were single centre 18 , 19 and did not account for a time varying analysis 19 or competing events such as a kidney transplant or noncardiac cause of death. 10 , 17 , 18 , 19 The largest study, the BRAZPD II cohort, was a Brazilian national study which did not include one-third of PD patients in Brazil, 20 thereby potentially introducing ascertainment bias.

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