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/m^2, %
<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