SummaryBackground/PurposeHuman oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase 1 (hOGG1) is the enzyme that has DNA repairing capacity. C1245 G substitution of the hOGG1 gene results in reduced enzyme activity. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is known to cause oxidative DNA damage. We investigated the effect of hOGG1 polymorphism on the clinical outcomes of PD patients.MethodsWe studied the hOGG1 polymorphism in 441 new PD patients (232 men, age 56.6±13.5 years). The patients were followed for 41.4±18.2 months for cardiovascular events.ResultsFor the entire cohort, there was no significant difference in the 5-year event-free survival between the CC and CG/GG groups (42.9% vs. 33.2%; p=0.1). However, for patients with baseline serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels ≤ 5....