The two groups did not differ significantly from each other in terms of age, sex, PD duration, systolic blood pressure, prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and CV disease, adequacy of dialysis therapy, residual renal function, protein intake (nPNA), peritoneal membrane characteristics, white blood cell counts, hemoglobin, Albumin, BUN, serum creatinine, uric acid, glycemic control, calcium, phosphorus and i-PTH. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Hypertension.