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17 out of 100 people on peritoneal
dialysis had trouble doing things
in their free time.
= 1 person who had trouble
= 1 person who did not have trouble
= 1 person who had trouble
= 1 person who did not have trouble
17 out of 100 people on in-center
hemodialysis had trouble doing
things in their free time.
Free Time: Ability
Transplant may be better
than peritoneal dialysis .
Studies show people on peritoneal
dialysis are a little less able than
people with a transplant to do things
in their free time.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be about
the same or better than
in-center hemodialysis.
Studies show some people on
hemodialysis are just as able as
people with a transplant to do
things in their free time.
Others on hemodialysis are a
little less able.
Here’s what one study showed:
Peritoneal dialysis and
in-center hemodialysis
may be about the same.
Studies show just as many people on
each treatment are able to do things
in their free time.
Here’s what one study showed:
In one study, people on each treatment were just as able to do
things in their free time.
In one study, people with a transplant were better able than people
on peritoneal dialysis to do things in their free time.
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
l e a s t mo s t
How able people were to do things
in the i r free t ime
l e a s t mo s t
How able people were to do things
in the i r free t ime
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Transplant
Transplant
In-center
Hemodialysis
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