title: [Analysis of survival of patients with end-stage renal disease in Puerto Rico, 1970-1994].
abstract: To assess the survival probabilities of patients with end stage renal disease in Puerto Rico, the data from the United States Renal Data System from 1970 through 1994 was analyzed. The Kaplan Meier method was used to determine the survival rate for the following variables: diagnosis, gender, age groups, treatment modality and health regions. The analysis included 7,527 patients reported to the United States Renal Disease System of which 4,295 (57%) patients were reported dead. The median time of survival rate (50%) was 47.7 months. There was significantly lower survival rate (p = 0.0001) for diabetics compared with all the other diagnosis. Age was also a strong predictor of survival (p = 0.0001) and modality treatment (p = 0.0001). We concluded that diabetes, the elderly and the hemodialysis modality, had the lower survival rate in the puerto rican population.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioestadística y Epidemiología, Escuela Graduada de Salud Pública, Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suárez-Pérez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Perdomo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgos-Calderón
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Morell-Rivera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D011647:Puerto Rico; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Análisis de sobrevivencia de pacientes con enfermedad renal permanente en Puerto Rico 1970-1994.