Modifiable Risk Factors for Early Mortality on Hemodialysis

Table 1

Patient characteristics for TRDR cohort 2001 to 2007.

Characteristic		Patients who died in 90 days (𝑛=304)		Patients who survived (𝑛=4503)		All (𝑛=4807)
		𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Age (years)	<18	0	0	4	100	4	0.1
	18–44	10	1.9	503	98.1	513	10.7
	45–64	45	3.2	1379	96.8	1424	29.5
	65–74	96	7.7	1156	92.3	1252	26.1
	75–84	114	8.7	1203	91.3	1317	27.4
	85+	39	13.1	258	86.9	297	6.2
	Diabetes	110	5.8	1776	94.2	1886	39.2
Etiology ESRD	Renovascular	63	6.1	965	93.9	1028	21.4
	Other	131	6.9	1762	93.0	1893	39.4
	Diabetes	142	6.1	2176	93.9	2318	48.3
	Cardiovascular disease	186	8.5	2007	91.5	2193	45.6
Comorbidities	Peripheral vascular disease	83	9.3	814	90.7	897	18.7
	Cerebrovascular	66	9.7	616	90.3	682	14.2
	Malignancy	78	11.4	605	88.6	683	14.2
Sex	Male	195	6.8	2684	93.2	2879	59.9
	Female	109	5.6	1819	94.4	1928	40.1
	Caucasian	250	7.5	3087	92.5	3337	69.4
	Asian	22	5.2	401	94.8	423	8.8
Ethnic origin	Black	6	1.5	404	98.5	410	8.6
	Indian	15	4.2	342	95.8	357	7.4
	Other	10	3.6	270	96.4	280	5.8
Hemoglobin	<100 g/L	198	7.2	2566	92.8	2764	57.5
	>100 g/L	106	5.2	1937	94.8	2043	42.6
	Not seen	143	9.6	1343	90.4	1486	30.9
Predialysis	Seen by nephrologist only	25	4.6	517	95.4	542	11.3
	Seen in multidisciplinary clinic	135	4.9	2643	95.1	2778	57.8
	<18.5	79	19.9	318	80.1	397	8.3
BMI	18.5–30	171	5.3	3162	94.7	3333	69.7
	>30	53	5.0	998	95.0	1051	22.0
	Catheter	282	7.3	3558	92.7	3840	80.1
Access	Fistula	20	2.4	832	97.6	852	17.8
	Graft	2	1.9	102	98.1	104	2.1