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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients initiating peritoneal dialysis between the calendar period 1996–2017

From: Temporal changes in cardiovascular disease and infections in dialysis across a 22-year period: a nationwide study

 

Overall

1996–2000

2001–2005

2006–2009

2010–2013

2014–2017

P-Value

Total – no. (%)

4285 (100.0)

790 (100.0)

1031 (100.0)

854 (100.0)

751 (100.0)

859 (100.0)

 

Sex – no. (%)

 Male

2729 (63.7)

505 (63.9)

628 (60.9)

526 (61.6)

504 (67.1)

566 (65.9)

< 0.0001

Age, Yr

 Age, [Q1-Q3]

67 [57.0–76.0]

65 [57.0–73.0]

67 [57.0–75.0]

67 [56.0–77.0]

69 [58.0–77.0]

69 [55.5–76.0]

< 0.0001

Age group – no. (%)

  < 50

575 (13.4)

83 (10.5)

133 (12.9)

125 (14.6)

101 (13.4)

133 (15.5)

 

 50–59

724 (16.9)

163 (20.6)

176 (17.1)

140 (16.4)

101 (13.4)

144 (16.8)

 

 60–69

1094 (25.5)

246 (31.1)

289 (28.0)

210 (24.6)

176 (23.4)

173 (20.1)

 

 70–79

1289 (30.1)

255 (32.3)

307 (29.8)

231 (27.0)

233 (31.0)

263 (30.6)

 

  ≥ 80

603 (14.1)

43 (5.4)

126 (12.2)

148 (17.3)

140 (18.6)

146 (17.0)

< 0.0001

Comorbidities – no. (%)

 Cancer

291 (6.8)

50 (6.3)

60 (5.8)

54 (6.3)

50 (6.7)

77 (9.0)

< 0.0001

 Diabetes

1249 (29.1)

221 (28.0)

283 (27.4)

240 (28.1)

233 (38.7)

272 (31.7)

0.398

 PADa

219 (5.1)

44 (5.6)

69 (6.7)

53 (6.2)

25 (3.3)

28 (3.3)

0.0001

 HTb

2059 (48.1)

370 (46.8)

537 (52.1)

386 (45.2)

355 (47.3)

411 (47.8)

< 0.0001

 AFc

287 (6.7)

24 (3.0)

57 (5.5)

57 (6.7)

59 (7.9)

90 (10.5)

< 0.0001

 IHDd

724 (16.9)

121 (15.3)

193 (18.7)

142 (16.6)

141 (18.8)

127 (14.8)

0.267

 CKDe

4245 (99.1)

769 (96.6)

1023 (99.2)

847 (99.2)

751 (100)

855 (94.1)

< 0.0001

 ICDf

44 (1.0)

≤ 3 (< 0.3)

≤ 3 (< 0.3)

9 (1.1)

10 (1.3)

18 (2.1)

0.062

 HFg

455 (10.6)

83 (10.5)

105 (10.2)

85 (10.0)

79 (10.5)

103 (12.0)

< 0.0001

 COLDh

199 (4.6)

27 (3.4)

47 (4.6)

34 (4.0)

40 (5.3)

51 (5.9)

0.0005

 Prosthetic heart valve

14 (0.3)

≤ 3 (< 0.3)

≤ 3 (<  0.3)

≤ 3 (<  0.3)

4 (0.5)

6 (0.7)

0.195

  1. Ages shown as median and quartiles (median, Q1-Q3), Yr Year, No Number
  2. a Peripheral Artery Disease, b Hypertension, c Atrial Flutter, d Ischemic Heart Disease, e Chronic Kidney Disease, f Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device, g Heart Failure, h Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease