Elderly patients on dialysis have a low survival rate.In fact, according to the lombard Registry(a italian region), patients 70-75 years old survive 2.9/3.6 years (male/female) after the start of dialysis, those 75-80 years old 2.7/2.7 years, and those 80-85 years old 2.4/1.4 years. This low survival is largely due to the combined effects of aging and comorbidities, on which an early start of dialysis has no or very limited positive effects.