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The Importance Of Blood Pressure Control In The Survival Of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Using A Multistate Model, Hadis Najafimehr, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mir Saeed Yekaninejad, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Mostafa Hosseini

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Since less attention has been paid to the effect of passing blood pressure states on the survival of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, this study aimed to inves­tigate the survival of PD patients with and without hypertension, estimate the probability of hypertension and determine the influential factors. In this retro­spective cohort study, the data of 700 patients visiting dialysis centers from all provinces of Iran from 1997-2009 were analyzed. For data analysis, the multistate survival model was used. The median survival time (months) and five-year survival were 75% and 56%, respectively. Males had a higher probability of hypertension (63%) than females …