“…Secondly, the severity of peritonitis could not be assessed and analysed with the use of electronic data. Thirdly, a recent study showed that the number of daily manual exchanges in CAPD was associated with the risk of peritonitis [ 14 ] but these data could not be incorporated into the current analysis. A different study design is warranted to further explore the effect of the incremental approach in CAPD compared with APD.…”