Research Article
A Web-Based Platform to Collect Data from ESRD Patients Undergoing Dialysis: Methods and Preliminary Results from the Brazilian Dialysis Registry
Table 2
General characteristics of patients.
| Total number | 24,930 | Prevalent patients, (%) | 17,392 (69.7) | Incident patients, (%) | 7,538 (30.3) | Male gender, % | 57.2 | Funding by the Public Health System, % | 74.2 | Age at dialysis start, years, % | | 6–<12 | 0.2 | 12–<20 | 2.0 | 20–<45 | 25.0 | 45–<65 | 43.7 | 65–<75 | 17.6 | 75–97 | 11.5 | Skin color (white/nonwhite, %) | 53.7/46.3 | Body mass index at entrance, kg/m2, % | | <18.5 | 9.3 | 18.5–≤25.0 | 50.4 | >25–≤30 | 27.0 | >30–≤40 | 12.2 | >40 | 1.0 | Employment situation, % | | Full-time job | 13.3 | Part-time job | 2.1 | Retired | 69.5 | Other | 15.1 |
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