Table 1.
Patient demographics of incident HD patients
| All Patients | Fistula | Graft | Catheter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Catheter Only | Catheter + Fistula | Catheter + Graft | ||||
| No. of Patients | 25,003 | 4,151 (16.6) | 1,230 (4.9) | 19,622 (78.5) | 14,836 (59.3) | 4,038 (16.2) | 748 (3.0) |
| Age (y) | 63.4 (15.3) | 63.6 (14.2) | 65.7 (13.8) | 63.3 (15.6) | 63.6 (15.8) | 61.9 (14.9) | 63.9 (14.5) |
| Male | 56.1 | 65.6 | 41.7 | 55.0 | 54.0 | 60.9 | 42.0 |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 64.8 | 66.2 | 52.5 | 65.3 | 66.4 | 63.2 | 53.9 |
| Black | 30.0 | 28.2 | 41.3 | 29.7 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 41.6 |
| Other | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 4.5 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.6 | 30.8 | 31.1 | 30.5 | 30.3 | 31.2 | 30.8 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 55.1 | 51.3 | 57.3 | 55.7 | 54.4 | 59.7 | 61.6 |
| CAD) | 11.0 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 10.4 |
| PVD | 6.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 8.7 |
| CHF | 14.8 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 14.8 | 18.2 |
| Laboratory values | |||||||
| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| Phosphorus (mg/dL) | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| eKt/V | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Note: Patients are from a US nationwide sample admitted to Fresenius Medical Care North America facilities between January 1 and December 31, 2007. Values for continuous variables given as mean or mean +/− SD; values for categorical variables, as percentage or number (percentage). Conversion factors for units: phosphorus in mg/dL to mmol/L, x 0.3229.
BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; HD, hemodialysis; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; CHF, congestive heart failure, eKt/V, equilibrated Kt/V.