Home vs. In-center HD Outcomes from a Matched Cohort

After adjusting for BMI, smoking, race, and comorbidities, home HD came out ahead of in-center HD when 181 home HD patients were matched to 413 using in-center HD. With home HD, the risk of death was significantly less, and phosphate levels were significantly lower. There were no major differences in transplant rates, graft survival, hemoglobin, calcium, or PTH levels.

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Tags: Dialysis Modality; End stage Kidney Disease; Haemodialysis, Hemodialysis, Home Haemodialysis, Home Hemodialysis, Mortality