Table 1.

Mean life expectancy by quartile following dialysis initiation according to age and renal phenotype

Renal Phenotype Quartiles	Life Expectancy by Age Group (yrs)
	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90+
25th Percentile (0–25; frail)	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2
50th Percentile (25–75; vulnerable)	2.5	2.1	1.7	1.3	0.9	0.6
75th Percentile (75–100; healthy)	4.6	4.3	3.7	3.0	2.3	1.7

Adapted from reference 33, with permission.