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. 2015 Feb 20;7:123–132. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S75523

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of ADPKD study population by CKD disease stage

Setting of care CKD Stage 1
(n=316)
CKD Stage 2
(n=404)
CKD Stage 3
(n=860)
CKD Stage 4
(n=611)
CKD Stage 5
(n=842)
Dialysis
(n=586)
Post-transplant
(n=615)
P-value
Hospitalizations
n (%) 51 (16.1) 49 (12.1) 150 (17.4) 141 (23.1) 360 (42.8) 274 (46.8) 252 (41.0) <0.0001
Mean (SD) 0.22 (0.56) 0.18 (0.59) 0.19 (0.57) 0.24 (0.66) 0.31 (0.72) 0.59 (0.84) 0.70 (0.97) <0.0001
Total length of stay, mean (SD) (days)a 5.69 (7.17) 7.22 (11.39) 7.66 (12.09) 6.17 (10.55) 7.55 (8.95) 8.71 (11.43) 8.56 (13.67) 0.3253
Hospital outpatient visits
n (%) 218 (69.0) 284 (70.3) 668 (77.7) 504 (82.5) 779 (92.5) 556 (94.9) 575 (93.5) <0.0001
Mean (SD) 3.05 (5.23) 2.60 (4.07) 3.50 (4.73) 5.39 (6.89) 11.87 (16.59) 13.82 (19.51) 10.10 (12.22) <0.0001
Outpatient physician office visits
n (%) 308 (97.5) 391 (96.8) 835 (97.1) 601 (98.4) 793 (94.2) 540 (92.2) 574 (93.3) <0.0001
Mean (SD) 7.03 (6.19) 6.68 (6.04) 7.48 (6.84) 8.87 (6.71) 9.16 (8.44) 8.45 (10.18) 8.97 (8.32) <0.0001
Outpatient prescription claims
n (%) 281 (88.9) 379 (93.8) 824 (95.8) 581 (95.1) 803 (95.4) 553 (94.4) 579 (94.1) 0.0003
Mean (SD) 12.22 (12.08) 14.68 (13.98) 18.03 (14.82) 19.50 (14.35) 23.31 (16.29) 23.09 (16.48) 27.76 (18.60) <0.0001
ESRD facility
Visited an ESRD facility, n (%) 15 (4.7) 2 (0.5) 15 (1.7) 39 (6.4) 292 (34.7) 321 (54.8) 26 (4.2) <0.0001
Mean (SD) ESRD visits (n) 1.21 (8.32) 0.19 (3.43) 0.46 (6.44) 1.48 (8.38) 10.38 (26.07) 21.22 (38.97) 1.14 (9.18) <0.0001

Note:

a

Mean number of hospitalizations and mean lengths of hospitalization stay were calculated only among patients with at least one visit.

Abbreviations: ADPKD, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; SD, standard deviation.