. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Apr 19;54(3):468–477. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.01.261

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of 1,041 Incident Dialysis Patients

Characteristic^*	All Patients N=1,041	Patients Without Cerebrovascular Event n=876	Patients With Cerebrovascular Event n=165	p-value

Age (years)	58 ± 15	57 ± 15	62 ± 13	<0.001
Sex: Men	564 (54)	490 (56)	74 (45)	0.006
Race:
White	695 (67)	585 (67)	110 (67)	0.9
Black	295 (28)	249 (28)	46 (28)
Other	51 (5)	42 (5)	9 (5)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), [n=944]	149 ± 19	148 ± 19	150 ± 18	0.3
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), [n=944]	79 ± 10	79 ± 11	76 ± 9	<0.001
Modality: hemodialysis	767 (74)	637 (73)	130 (79)	0.1
Tobacco use: current or former, [n=977]	592 (61)	498 (60)	94 (62)	0.8

Comorbid conditions:
Diabetes mellitus	561 (54)	447 (51)	114 (69)	<0.001
Cerebrovascular disease	176 (17)	132 (15)	44 (27)	0.001
Coronary heart disease	457 (44)	382 (44)	75 (45)	0.7
Peripheral vascular disease	270 (26)	216 (25)	54 (33)	0.03
Left ventricular hypertrophy	259 (24)	213 (24)	46 (28)	0.4
Arrhythmia	308 (30)	258 (30)	50 (30)	0.9
Valvular disorder	189 (18)	153 (18)	36 (22)	0.2
Congestive heart failure	466 (46)	383 (45)	83 (51)	0.2

Index of Coexistent Disease	1.94 ± 0.81	1.92 ± 0.82	2.04 ± 0.77	0.08
Total cholesterol (mg/dL), [n=999]	189 ± 48	188 ± 49	193 ± 45	0.1
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL), [n=872]	104 ± 40	104 ± 40	107 ± 41	0.3
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), [n=867]	44 ± 17	43 ± 17	45 ± 16	0.4
Triglycerides (mg/dL), [n=916]	206 ± 129	203 ± 129	217 ± 131	0.2
Albumin (mg/dL)	3.62 ± 0.37	3.63 ± 0.38	3.59 ± 0.36	0.2
Corrected Ca-P product (mg²/dL²)	48.9 ± 12.6	49.0 ± 12.8	48.3 ± 12.0	0.7
Hematocrit (%)	32.5 ± 4.1	32.5 ± 4.1	32.3 ± 3.8	0.6

Mean ± SD or N(%), < 5% missing unless otherwise noted

LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein, Ca × Phos: calcium phosphate product

p-values by Fisher’s exact test or Mann-Whitney rank-sum test

Note: Conversion factors for units: total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol in mg/dL to mmol/L, x0.02586; triglycerides in mg/dL to mmol/L, s0.01129; albumin in g/dL to g/L, s10; calcium-phosphorus product in mg²/dL² to mmol²/L², x0.08056355.