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Methods

This study included four centers in east coast of Malaysia. The event under investigation was PD catheter-related infections, and the variables were age, gender, diabetes, albumin level, age, income, educational level, assisted PD, insertion technique, and PD duration until the first onset of the PD-related infection. All patients who started on PD in 2018 and 2019 were included, and were followed for up to 1.5 years. The data was analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) version 20. Descriptive statistics were calculated to describe the independent variables. During candidate selection because of adequate significant variables were obtained at P< 0.25, it was considered as cut off point for candidate selection for multivariable logistic regression analysis model with backward stepwise approach to identify the independent predictors of peritoneal dialysis catheter related infections. The …