At the start of the study, there we

At the start of the study, there were 435 PD
patients in Scotland of whom 116 (26.7%) were on
APD. During the 3.5 year study period, 770 patients
began PD (491 new end-stage renal failure patients,
205 patients transferring from haemodialysis, 63 failed
transplants and 11 patients transferring from other
centres) and 815 patients discontinued PD (396
patients transferred to haemodialysis, 216 died, 178
were transplanted, 16 recovered native renal function
and nine transferred to other centres).