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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients initiating hemodialysis 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. (%)

9952 (100.0)

2018 (100.0)

2390 (100.0)

1911 (100.0)

1794 (100.0)

1839 (100.0)

 

Sex – no. (%)

 Male

6885 (69.2)

1246 (61.7)

1539 (64.5)

1214 (63.5)

1168 (65.1)

1218 (66.2)

< 0.0001

Age, Yr

 Age, [Q1-Q3]

71 [61.0–78.0]

68 [59.0–76.0]

71 [62.0–78.0]

72 [63.0–80.0]

71 [60.0–79.0]

70 [58.5–77.0]

< 0.0001

Age group – no. (%)

  < 50

1039 (10.4)

224 (11.1)

186 (7.8)

162 (8.5)

213 (11.9)

254 (13.8)

 

 50–59

1236 (12.4)

319 (15.8)

279 (11.7)

199 (10.4)

207 (11.5)

232 (12.6)

 

 60–69

2341 (23.6)

541 (26.8)

583 (24.4)

440 (23.0)

386 (21.5)

391 (21.3)

 

 70–79

3312 (33.3)

672 (33.3)

831 (34.8)

604 (31.6)

563 (31.4)

642 (34.9)

 

  ≥ 80

2024 (20.3)

262 (13.0)

511 (21.4)

506 (26.5)

425 (23.7)

320 (17.4)

< 0.0001

Comorbidities – no. (%)

 Cancer

1315 (13.2)

244 (12.1)

297 (12.4)

253 (13.2)

234 (13.0)

287 (15.6)

< 0.0001

 Diabetes

3141 (31.2)

542 (26.9)

733 (30.7)

602 (31.5)

613 (34.2)

651 (35.4)

0.236

 PADa

779 (7.8)

155 (7.7)

238 (10.0)

145 (7.6)

131 (7.3)

110 (6.0)

< 0.0001

 HTb

4521 (45.4)

793 (39.3)

1147 (48.0)

887 (46.4)

827 (46.1)

867 (47.1)

< 0.0001

 AFc

1105 (11.1)

118 (5.8)

233 (9.7)

211 (11.0)

252 (14.0)

291 (15.8)

< 0.0001

 IHDd

2061 (20.7)

343 (17.0)

557 (23.3)

446 (23.3)

377 (21.0)

338 (18.4)

< 0.0001

 CKDe

9529 (95.7)

1936 (95.9)

2336 (97.7)

1826 (95.6)

1707 (95.2)

1724 (93.7)

< 0.0001

 ICDf

145 (1.5)

≤ 3 (< 0.3)

28 (1.2)

36 (1.9)

38 (2.1)

42 (2.3)

0.227

 HFg

1680 (16.9)

290 (14.4)

408 (17.1)

307 (16.1)

320 (17.8)

355 (19.3)

< 0.0001

 COLDh

818 (8.2)

100 (5.0)

203 (8.5)

172 (9.0)

171 (9.5)

172 (9.4)

< 0.0001

 Prosthetic heart valve

92 (0.9)

6 (0.3)

18 (0.7)

18 (0.9)

26 (1.4)

24 (1.3)

0.767

  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