Table 2.
Anemia management parameters by time on dialysis and dialysis incidence year
| Time on dialysis | |
Incidence year |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2006 | 2007–2009 | 2010 | ||
| Hemoglobin (g/dl), Median (Q25, Q75) |
0–3 month |
11.7 (10.4, 12.9) |
11.6 (10.3, 12.8) |
11.4 (10.0, 12.5) |
| 3–6 month |
12.3 (11.3, 13.2) |
12.3 (11.4, 13.0) |
12.0 (11.2, 12.7) |
|
| 6–18 month |
12.1 (11.2, 12.9) |
11.9 (11.1, 12.7) |
11.8 (10.9, 12.5) |
|
| Percent with Hemoglobin <10 (monthly), Median (Q25, Q75) |
0–3 month |
12.8 (8.2, 30.4) |
13.3 (7.6, 34.0) |
17.1 (9.3, 42.8) |
| 3–6 month |
7.0 (6.6, 7.1) |
6.7 (6.5, 7.4) |
7.7 (6.6, 8.0) |
|
| 6–18 month |
6.2 (6.0, 6.5) |
6.8 (6.5, 6.9) |
8.9 (8.3, 9.3) |
|
| Percent with Hemoglobin > 12 (monthly), Median (Q25, Q75) |
0–3 month |
42.0 (17.8, 57.1) |
40.6 (14.5, 57.4) |
33.6 (9.08, 49.5) |
| 3–6 month |
54.9 (50.5, 58.7) |
54.2 (49.8, 58.2) |
41.2 (35.8, 48.4) |
|
| 6–18 month |
45.9 (44.6, 49.7) |
39.9 (36.9, 46.1) |
29.5 (25.7, 35.9) |
|
| Weekly ESA doses (Unit), Median (Q25, Q75) |
0–3 month |
18000 (9000, 30000) |
20000 (9000, 30600) |
18000 (8000, 30000) |
| 3–6 month |
12400 (4800, 24000) |
13500 (4800, 25200) |
10200 (2600, 21000) |
|
| 6–18 month |
9100 (3900, 19500) |
9600 (3900, 20100) |
7800 (2400, 16800) |
|
| Percent of patients receiving monthly IV iron, Median (Q25, Q75) |
0–3 month |
71.1 (62.5,72.5) |
77.8 (67.9,78.5) |
76.0 (72.6,77.4) |
| 3–6 month |
71.0 (69.7,72.0) |
74.5 (73.6,76.2) |
70.3 (68.9,73.6) |
|
| 6–18 month |
65.7 (64.5,68.2) |
67.4 (65.9,70.4) |
60.6 (58.1,62.2) |
|
| Monthly iron doses (mg) for those who had received iron, Median (Q25, Q75) |
0–3 month |
400 (200,800) |
475 (200,800) |
500 (300,850) |
| 3–6 month |
300 (200,500) |
300 (200,500) |
400 (200,600) |
|
| 6–18 month |
200 (125,400) |
225 (125,400) |
300 (200,500) |
|
| TSat(%), Median (Q25, Q75) |
0–3 month |
18.4 (13.7, 24.8) |
18.3 (13.9, 24.5) |
21.5 (16.1, 28.4) |
| 3–6 month |
22.6 (17.0, 30.3) |
22.6 (17.2, 30.0) |
24.4 (19.1, 32.8) |
|
| 6–18 month |
23.6 (18.3, 30.5) |
23.6 (18.4, 30.5) |
25.6 (20.3, 33.3) |
|
| Ferritin (ng/ml), Median (Q25, Q75) | 0–3 month |
284 (136, 533) |
312 (157, 566) |
354 (179, 624) |
| 3–6 month |
447 (243, 687) |
499 (287, 744) |
600 (360, 858) |
|
| 6–18 month | 592 (376, 796) | 654 (436, 893) | 707 (474, 996) |