Gastrointestinal symptoms in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: Multivariate analysis of correlated factors

Table 2 Multiple stepwise regression of the variables not associated with the GSRS scores¹

Variables	t	P-value
Age	1.96	0.54
DM status	1.01	0.31
BMI	-0.50	0.62
Hemoglobin	0.82	0.42
Albumin	0.68	0.50
Predialytic GI symptoms	0.49	0.62
PD type	-0.89	0.38
Duration of PD	-0.58	0.57
Daily dialysate volume	-1.15	0.26
Peritoneal Kt/V	-0.21	0.84
Total Kt/V	-0.24	0.81

¹Restricted to the 81 patients (72.32% of the overall sample) for whom complete information on age, diabetes status, weight, height, serum hemoglobin, albumin levels, presence of predialytic gastrointestinal symptom, peritoneal dialysis type, duration of peritoneal dialysis, daily dialysate volume, history of corticosteroid use, daily dosage of pills, residual renal Kt/V, peritoneal Kt/V, total Kt/V were available. Adjusted for diabetic status (yes = 1, no = 0), presence of predialytic GI symptoms (yes = 1, no = 0), PD type (CAPD = 1, IPD = 0). GSRS: Gastrointestinal symptom rating scale.