Survival Data Analysis of Patients with Peritoneal Dialysis       

Rafael Borges

 

 

Abstract

A survival analysis in patients that assisted to the peritoneal dialysis service of the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas, Venezuela, between 1980 y 1997, using death as event of interest is presented. Estimation of the survival function by the Kaplan-Meier estimator, Semi-parametric proportional hazard models (Cox models), verification of the assumptions of the models and residual analysis are included. In the Cox model, diabetes, age and Quetellet’s index are used as covariates.

 

Key words: Survival analysis, Kaplan-Meier estimator, Proportional hazard model (Cox model), Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

 

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