【Abstract】The number of end-stage renal disease patients due to diabetes is increasing in recent years. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis are the main renal replacement therapies for these patients, but which is the best dialysis modality for these patients is unknown. In patients using PD as the dialysis modality, the prognosis is worse in diabetic patients than in non-diabetic patients. Many factors affect the survival and prognosis of diabetic patients on PD, which include blood glucose concentration, nutritional status, fluid management and peritonitis. Therefore, control of blood glucose concentration, maintenance of a normal nutritional status, prevention of peritonitis, use of non-traditional peritoneal dialysate, and automated peritoneal dialysis technology may improve the prognosis of diabetic patients on PD.