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. 2009 Feb 25;10:5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-10-5

Table 2.

Baseline demographics by frequency of administration, dialysis type and total patients (mITT population; N = 411)

Number (%) of patients (except as noted)
By frequency of administration By dialysis type

3× weekly (n = 158) 2× weekly (n = 150) 1× weekly (n = 103) Predialysis (n = 32) Haemo-dialysis (n = 288) Peritoneal dialysis (n = 91) Total (N = 411)

Sex

Male 101 (63.9) 82 (54.7) 50 (48.5) 13 (40.6) 175 (60.8) 45 (49.5) 233 (56.7)

Female 57 (36.1) 68 (45.3) 53 (51.5) 19 (59.4) 113 (39.2) 46 (50.5) 178 (43.3)

Age (Years)

Mean
(± SD)
59.4 (15.9) 60.5 (15.5) 56.7 (14.4) 63.9
(12.4)
60.7
(15.6)
52.4 (14.0) 59.2 (15.42)

Median (range) 61
(19–87)
64
(19–85)
58
(26–86)
66
(29–86)
64
(19–87)
53
(24–86)
61
(19–87)

Race

Caucasian 110 (69.6) 111 (74.0) 64 (62.1) 26 (81.3) 212 (73.6) 47 (51.6) 285 (69.3)

Black 41 (25.9) 34 (22.7) 32 (31.1) 6 (18.8) 67 (23.3) 34 (37.4) 107 (26.0)

Asian or Oriental 2 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (2.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.3) 4 (4.4) 5 (1.2)

Multiracial 5 (3.2) 5 (3.3) 4 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 8 (2.8) 6 (6.6) 14 (3.4)