Table 10.

Prevalence of CVD among patients on dialysis, stratified by modality, age, sex, and geographic region

Variable	HD	PD	Total
Sex
Male	42.47	49.60	43.37
Female	41.50	48.52	42.47
Age group (yr)
0–19	33.33	33.33	33.33
20–44	26.65	33.05	27.70
45–64	40.98	51.44	42.38
65–74	53.11	60.90	53.91
≥75	54.56	67.50	55.92
Unknown	38.89	0.00	33.33
Geographic region
East China	33.58	46.18	34.96
North China	72.13	76.29	72.92
Central China	63.55	59.26	63.14
South China	40.21	33.58	38.08
Northwest China	37.55	52.00	40.14
Southwest China	16.32	32.26	17.59
Northeast China	44.00	48.35	44.77
Total	42.08	49.14	43.01

CVD, cardiovascular disease; HD, hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis.

Data are expressed as percentage.