title: Blood pressure and mortality risk on peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The association of baseline blood pressure (BP) and mortality in incident peritoneal dialysis patients has not been adequately studied.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  2,770 patients on PD therapy at 180 days from start of renal replacement therapy in England and Wales between 1997 and 2004.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and pulse pressure (PP) measured in the first 6 months of renal replacement therapy and other baseline demographic and laboratory variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All-cause mortality was studied using time-stratified Cox regression models (to account for nonproportionality) dividing follow-up time into 4 intervals: year 1 (days 180 to 365), years 2 to 3, years 4 to 5, and years 6+. Interactions between BP components and transplant waitlist and diabetes status were explored.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Median follow-up was 3.7 years (range, 0.1 to 9.9 years), and 1,104 deaths were observed. In fully adjusted analyses, greater SBP, DBP, MAP, and PP were associated with decreased mortality in the first year, but greater SBP and PP were associated with increased late mortality (in years 6+). However, in the subgroup of patients placed on the transplant waitlist within 6 months of starting renal replacement therapy, greater SBP, DBP, MAP, and PP were not associated with decreased mortality in the first year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Exclusion of 3,086 patients because of missing BP data. No data were available for cardiac function or antihypertensive medication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although greater SBP, DBP, MAP, and PP appear protective against early mortality in the overall cohort, this effect is not seen in patients registered on the national transplant waiting list within 6 months of starting renal replacement therapy.
authors.affiliation: UK Renal Registry, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Bristol, UK. uday@renalreg.com
authors.forename: Udaya P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Udayaraj
authors.forename: Retha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steenkamp
authors.forename: Fergus J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Caskey
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nitsch
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ansell
authors.forename: Charles R V
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Tomson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology