Article: Outcomes of predialysis nephrology care in elderly patients beginning to undergo dialysis.

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Baek SH; Ahn Sy; Lee SW; Park YS; Kim S; Na KY; Chae DW; Kim S; Chin HJ
PLoS ONE, 2015

10.1371/journal.pone.0128715.t001

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients at initiation of dialysis according to the timing of nephrology referral.

	All 820	Early referral 430	Late referral 390	P-value
Male (%)	496 (60.5)	252 (58.6)	244 (62.6)	0.253
Age, years	76.3 ± 5.1	76.5 ± 5.3	76.2 ± 4.9	0.501
Diabetes mellitus (%)	523 (65.3)	288 (67.3)	235 (63.0)	0.207
Hypertension (%)	803 (98.3)	422 (98.4)	381 (98.2)	1.000
Cardiovascular disease (%)	297 (36.2)	178 (41.4)	119 (30.5)	0.001
Malignancy (%)	109 (13.3)	61 (14.2)	48 (12.3)	0.471
Vascular access for the first dialysis*				<0.001
AVF/AVG	197 (187/10)	150 (145/5)	47 (42/5)
CVC	598	276	322
Systolic pressure (mmHg)	130.8 ± 25.6	130.1 ± 25.7	131.6 ± 25.5	0.395
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)	73.4 ± 14.8	72.9 ± 15.0	74.1 ± 14.5	0.253
Creatinine (mg/dL)	6.02 ± 2.47	6.20 ± 2.35	5.83 ± 2.58	0.033
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m²) ^†	10.48 ± 4.86	9.88 ± 4.37	11.15 ± 5.26	<0.001
WBC (/mm³)	9.4 ± 5.6	8.3 ± 4.2	10.7 ± 6.5	<0.001
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.5 ± 1.7	9.5 ± 1.6	9.4 ± 1.7	0.483
Albumin (g/dL)	3.2 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.6	3.0 ± 0.6	<0.001
Corrected Ca (mg/dL)	8.9 ± 0.8	8.8 ± 0.7	9.0 ± 0.9	0.003
P (mg/dL)	5.0 ± 1.7	4.9 ± 1.6	5.2 ± 1.9	0.012
Follow up duration, months	25.1 ± 28.1	27.5 ± 26.1	22.5 ± 30.0	0.012

Abbreviations: AVF, arteriovenous fistula; AVG, arteriovenous graft; CVC, central venous catheter; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; WBC, white blood cell

* Vascular access was analyzed in 795 patients because of unavailable data.

^†eGFR was calculated using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study equation

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