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. 2011 Aug;22(8):1526–1533. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2010101119

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and other characteristics of the HEMO study cohort in the study presented here

Baseline Characteristic Quartile of Percent of Kinetic Modeling Sessions with Intradialytic Hypotension during the Period from Baseline to 4 Months
Q1 n = 529 Q2 n = 205 Q3 n = 319 Q4 n = 365 Pa
Age, years, mean (SD) 56.0 (14.6) 55.4 (14.8) 59.2 (12.7) 59.0 (13.0) <0.0001
Female sex, % 44.6 56.1 58.9 66.6 <0.0001
Black race, % 61.4 68.1 64.6 68.2 0.06
Arteriovenous access type, % 43.7 36.1 34.2 28.0 <0.001
    fistula 56.3 63.9 65.8 72.0
    graft
Current smoker, % 20.8 13.2 17.6 13.4 0.01
Past medical history, %
    diabetes mellitus 32.7 38.1 48.6 55.1 <0.0001
    ischemic heart disease 30.1 37.6 39.2 46.6 <0.0001
    congestive heart failure 32.7 38.5 38.6 44.1 0.0007
    peripheral vascular disease 18.5 24.4 27.3 27.7 0.0005
Medication use, %
    aspirin 22.3 31.2 29.8 29.9 0.009
    warfarin 7.9 11.2 6.9 9.9 0.6
    angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor 22.7 28.3 24.1 24.4 0.7
    calcium channel blocker 50.5 53.2 47.3 49.6 0.6
    erythropoietin 89.4 89.3 90.6 91.5 0.3
Years on dialysis, median (IQR) 2.4 (1.0 to 4.7) 2.2 (1.1 to 5.4) 1.8 (0.8 to 4.3) 2.2 (1.0 to 4.9) 0.8
Serum albumin, g/dl, mean (SD) 3.7 (0.3) 3.7 (0.4) 3.6 (0.3) 3.6 (0.3) <0.0001
Hematocrit (%) 33.7 (4.5) 33.3 (4.6) 33.7 (4.3) 33.8 (4.6) 0.7
Predialysis (mmHg)
    SBP (SD) 152 (21) 152 (22) 154 (22) 152 (23) 0.7
    DBP (SD) 83 (13) 84 (13) 82 (12) 80 (13) 0.001
Postdialysis (mmHg)
    SBP (SD) 141 (22) 138 (21) 138 (22) 132 (19) <0.0001
    DBP (SD) 77 (13) 76 (12) 74 (12) 71 (10) <0.0001
Dialysis session minimum (mmHg)
    SBP (SD) 126 (18) 122 (18) 119 (17) 108 (16) <0.0001
    DBP (SD) 72 (11) 71 (11) 67 (10) 61 (11) <0.0001

aCalculated using two-sided Cochran–Armitage trend test or linear regression as appropriate.