Research Article
Mortality in Patients on Renal Replacement Therapy and Permanent Cardiac Pacemakers
Table 3
Characteristics of the propensity-matched adjusted groups.
| | Variable | No PM () | PM | |
| | Predicted probability | | | NS | | Age (years) | | | NS | | Female gender (%) | 41.8 | 42.6 | NS | | Diabetes (%) | 20.1 | 25 | NS | | Previous time on RRT (years) | | | NS | | Coronary heart disease (%) | 46.2 | 49.8 | NS | | Previous stroke (%) | 16.3 | 23.5 | NS | | Smoker (%) | 11.5 | 17.3 | NS | | Neoplastic disease (%) | 7.7 | 15.4 | NS | | Peripheral vascular disease (%) | 21.5 | 28.8 | NS | | COPD (%) | 6.2 | 9.6 | NS | | Functional status | | | | | Karnofsky 1 (%) | 35.9 | 30.8 | NS | | Karnofsky 2 (%) | 36.8 | 40.4 | NS | | Karnofsky 3 (%) | 21.2 | 22 | NS | | Karnofsky 4 (%) | 7.7 | 5.3 | NS |
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As in Table 1.
aAll patients in this group had the PM implanted while on RRT.
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