Table 1.
Baseline characteristics in the Swedish dialysis- and transplant population
| Characteristics |
Cohort |
Parathyroidectomy |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All |
Male |
Female |
All |
Male |
Female |
|
| n = 20,043 |
n =
12,903 |
n =
7140 |
n = 679 |
n =
333 |
n =
346 |
|
| 64.4% | 35.4% | 49.0% | 51.0% | |||
| Age at baseline, years |
62.8 (16.5) |
63.1 (16.4) |
62.2 (17.0) |
50.3 (14.7) |
50.2 (14.5) |
50.4 (14.9) |
| Age at parathyroidectomy, years |
- |
- |
- |
54.3 (14.0) |
54.3 (13.9) |
54.3 (14.2) |
| Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| North |
10.8 |
10.8 |
10.7 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
6.1 |
| Stockholm |
17.8 |
17.1 |
18.9 |
17.1 |
15.3 |
18.8 |
| South-east |
11.8 |
12.0 |
11.5 |
11.2 |
10.5 |
11.9 |
| South |
18.3 |
19.0 |
16.9 |
21.4 |
22.8 |
20.0 |
| Uppsala/Örebro |
23.4 |
23.2 |
23.7 |
21.7 |
24.0 |
19.4 |
| West |
17.6 |
17.5 |
17.8 |
22.5 |
21.3 |
23.7 |
| Abroad |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
| Cause of renal disease |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Diabetes |
24.2 |
23.9 |
24.8 |
14.9 |
14.1 |
15.6 |
| Nephrosclerosis |
18.2 |
20.6 |
13.9 |
10.0 |
9.6 |
10.4 |
| Glomerulonephritis |
15.9 |
17.7 |
12.6 |
30.2 |
37.2 |
23.4 |
| Adult polycystic kidney disease |
7.8 |
6.5 |
10.2 |
14.7 |
12.3 |
17.1 |
| Pyelonephritis |
5.0 |
4.5 |
6.1 |
9.6 |
6.9 |
12.1 |
| Other | 28.8 | 26.8 | 32.4 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 21.4 |
Values expressed as mean (SD); column percent in italics.