Clinical Study
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 () | Patients who survived () | All () | | | % | | % | | % |
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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 |
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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 |
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