Research Article
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) | | | | 0.2154 | Age at start dialysis (years) | | | | 0.5540 | Deceased within 1 year | | | 49 (46%) | | ECOG-PS at dialysis initiation | | | | 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) | | | | 0.4817 | Systolic | | | | 0.7437 | Diastolic | | | | 0.0132 | Body mass index | | | | 0.2319 | Hemoglobin (g/L) | | | | 0.4054 | BUN (mg/dL) | | | | 0.3071 | eGFR | | | | 0.5604 | Albumin (mg/dL) | | | | 0.1813 | Phosphorus (mg/dL) | | | | 0.2801 | Potassium (mEq/L) | | | | 0.3065 | Calcium (mg/dL) | | | | 0.0110 |
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