Prognosis of Elderly Japanese Patients Aged ≥80 Years Undergoing Hemodialysis

Table 2

Characteristics of dialysis patients aged ≥80 years.

	All	Living	Deceased	P value
Number of patients	141	34	107
Male/female	73/68	17/17	56/15	0.0026
Duration from first visit to dialysis initiation (months)	4.2±13	8.3±18	4.2±11	0.2154
Age at start dialysis (years)	84±3.1	84.5±3.6	84.1±3.0	0.5540
Deceased within 1 year			49 (46%)
ECOG-PS at dialysis initiation	2.2±1.3	1.2±1.4	2.2±1.2	0.0004
Cerebro-cardiovascular disease	88 (62%)	20 (59%)	68 (64%)	0.6200
Diabetes mellitus	49 (35%)	11 (32%)	38 (36%)	0.7360
Mean blood pressure (mmHg)	117±21	114±22	117±22	0.4817
Systolic	156±31.7	159±34.1	156±31.1	0.7437
Diastolic	78±16	69.6±15.6	77.6±16.2	0.0132
Body mass index	22±4.3	23.2±4.0	22.2±4.4	0.2319
Hemoglobin (g/L)	8.9±1.9	9.2±1.9	8.9±1.9	0.4054
BUN (mg/dL)	84±33	76.7±33.7	83.5±33.1	0.3071
eGFR	8.4±4.5	7.9±4.1	8.4±4.7	0.5604
Albumin (mg/dL)	3.4±0.6	3.5±0.5	3.4±0.7	0.1813
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	5.3±1.6	5.0±1.3	5.3±1.7	0.2801
Potassium (mEq/L)	4.8±1.0	5.0±0.8	4.8±1.0	0.3065
Calcium (mg/dL)	8.8±0.7	8.4±0.6	8.1±0.8	0.0110