Effect of social deprivation on peritoneal dialysis uptake: A mediation analysis with the data of the REIN registry.

Background: Social deprivation could act as a barrier to peritoneal dialysis (PD). The objective of this study was to assess the association between social deprivation estimated by the European deprivation index (EDI) and PD uptake and to explore the potential mediators of this association.

Methods: From the Renal Epidemiology and Information Network registry, patients who started dialysis in 2017 were included.

Metabolic syndrome in haemodialysis patients: prevalence, determinants and association to cardiovascular outcomes.

Background: In the general population, metabolic syndrome (MetS) is predictive of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Waist circumference (WC), a component of the MetS criteria, is linked to visceral obesity, which in turn is associated with MACE. However, in haemodialysis (HD) patients, the association between MetS, WC and MACE is unclear.