Table 2: Age at switching and time to first switch.

Total Switching to PD Switching to HD P-value
Age at switching 66.9 ± 16.8 62.5 ± 15.9 68.8 ± 16.8 0.016
[21.5-92.2] [23.0-92.2] [21.5-89.5] 0.000
Time to first switch: Months 21.3 ± 22.9 10.9 ± 18.1 25.9 ± 23.4 0.000
Time to first switch: Years 1.7 ± 1.8 2.13 ± 1.9 0.9 ± 1.5 0.000
Tim switch category
< 3 months 47 (24) 31 (51.7) 16 (11.8)
3-12 months 48 (24.5) 16 (26.7) 32 (23.5)
12-24 months 35 (17.9) 5 (8.3) 30 (22.1)
≥ 24 months 66 (33.6) 8 (13.3) 58 (42.6)