Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients Treated by INHD and control subjects on CHD as of January 1, 2007
| Characteristics at Baseline | In-Center Long-Term Dialysis |
|
|---|---|---|
| INHDa | CHD | |
| Patients (n [%]) | 655 (4) | 15,334 (96) |
| Age (yr; mean ± SD) | 51.2 ± 12.7 | 62.4 ± 15.0 |
| Male gender (%) | 69.2 | 52.9 |
| Race (%) | ||
| black | 52.4 | 44.6 |
| white | 44.1 | 49.0 |
| other | 3.5 | 6.4 |
| Any diabetes (%) | 42.3 | 51.3 |
| Vintage (yr; mean ± SD) | 4.8 ± 4.5 | 3.6 ± 3.7 |
| Body surface area (m2; mean ± SD) | 2.01 ± 0.34 | 1.82 ± 0.28 |
| Cause of ESRD (%) | ||
| diabetes | 31.0 | 41.3 |
| hypertension | 36.6 | 34.7 |
| glomerulonephritis | 16.6 | 8.9 |
| hereditary/cystic | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| other (includes unknown) | 12.3 | 12.8 |
| Vascular access (%) | ||
| fistula | 50.8 | 41.6 |
| graft | 23.7 | 25.5 |
| catheter | 25.5 | 32.7 |
| unknown | 0.0 | 0.2 |
a
Compared with CHD, all significant at P < 0.0001.