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. 2014 May 26;2014:284172. doi: 10.1155/2014/284172

Table 3.

Characteristics of the propensity-matched adjusted groups.

Variable No PM (n = 208) PM (n=52)a P
Predicted probability 0.64 ± 0.26 0.64 ± 0.25 NS
Age (years) 65.2 ± 13.4 66.9 ± 13.6 NS
Female gender (%) 41.8 42.6 NS
Diabetes (%) 20.1 25 NS
Previous time on RRT (years) 5.06 ± 4.4 5.8 ± 4.6 NS
Coronary heart disease (%) 46.2 49.8 NS
Previous stroke (%) 16.3 23.5 NS
Smoker (%) 11.5 17.3 NS
Neoplastic disease (%) 7.7 15.4 NS
Peripheral vascular disease (%) 21.5 28.8 NS
COPD (%) 6.2 9.6 NS
Functional status
 Karnofsky* 1 (%) 35.9 30.8 NS
 Karnofsky* 2 (%) 36.8 40.4 NS
 Karnofsky* 3 (%) 21.2 22 NS
 Karnofsky* 4 (%) 7.7 5.3 NS

*As in Table 1.

aAll patients in this group had the PM implanted while on RRT.