Effect of national holidays on health outcomes of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis in a single center over a ten-year period

Figures & data

Table 1. Baseline demographics of study population.

Characteristic	Holiday group	Non-holiday group	p Value
Patients (n)	247	1034
Female (n, %)	99 (40.08%)	412 (39.85%)	0.946
Age (yrs)	59.87$\pm$15.63	60.67$\pm$14.48	0.441
Dialysis vintage (ms)	25.14$\pm$23.73	25.73$\pm$24.43	0.734
Etiology of ESRD			0.543
Diabetic nephropathy	105 (42.51%)	465 (44.87%)
Glomerulonephritis	85 (35.63%)	356 (34.24%)
Others	57 (21.86%)	213 (20.89%)
Kt/v	1.67$\pm$0.55	1.68$\pm$0.56	0.851
Ccr	62.21$\pm$46.60	59.88$\pm$31.05	0.448

The data were expressed as the median (range) and mean ± standard deviation.

ESRD: end-stage renal disease; Ccr: creatinine clearance.

Table 2. Comparison of hospitalization, mortality and peritonitis between holiday and non-holiday groups.

Group and events	No. of events	Event rate(%)	p Value*
Holiday group
Hospitalization	204	32.4% ± 6.4%	0.175
Death	53	6.3% (4.8–12.3%)	0.324
Peritonitis	40	0.19 (0.13–0.53)^#	0.445
Non-holiday group
Hospitalization	881	29.2% ± 3.4%	–
Death	186	5.0% (4.2–8.9%)	–
Peritonitis	180	0.22 (0.18–0.27)^#	–

The data were expressed as the median (range) and mean ± standard deviation.

p Value*, the comparison of hospitalization, death and peritonitis between holiday and non-holiday groups.

^#Patient-year of peritonitis.