Morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients on peritoneal dialysis. Twenty-five years of experience at a single centre

Aims: To describe PD outcomes during 25 years in a single centre, comparing hospitalization rate, technique withdrawal, and survival between diabetic (DM) and non diabetic (NonDM) patients. Differences between diabetic 1 (DM 1) and 2 (DM 2) were also analyzed. Patients and methods: 118 DM patients (52 y/o, 74 men, 44 female) and 117 NonDM (53 y/o, 64 men, 53 female), with at least 2 months on PD, 25 20 (2-109) and 29.4 +/- 27 (2-159) months respectively, were included. Diabetics were divided in 66 DM 1 and 52 DM 2. Survival and hospitalization study was also analyzed in two different time periods: before 1992 (1981-1992) and post-1992 (1993-2005). Results: 93% NonDM and 75% DM were self-sufficient to manage PD technique (p <0.001) as well as 65% of 44 blind patients. The 28% of NonDM and the 15% of DM received a renal allograft (p <0.001). There is no difference in transfer