Table 2. Prevalence of the characteristics of patients under 19 years of age undergoing chronic ambulatory dialysis program—Brazil and regions, 2012 (np = 1283).
| Characteristics of patients | Overall | Geographic area | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North-Midwest | Northeast | Southeast | South | |||
| Age group | 0.934 | |||||
| Children | 35.2 (28.1–43.1) | 31.4 (18.5–47.9) | 38.3 (21.9–57.8) | 35.5 (26.6–45.6) | 32.9 (16.9–54.1) | |
| Adolescents | 64.8 (56.9–71.9) | 68.6 (52.1–81.5) | 61.7 (42.2–78.1) | 64.5 (54.4–73.4) | 67.1 (45.9–83.1) | |
| Gender | 0.355 | |||||
| Male | 52.5 (48.5–56.5) | 54.2 (45.1–63.0) | 52.2 (46.8–57.7) | 55.5 (49.3–61.7) | 44.9 (31.5–59.1) | |
| Female | 47.5 (43.5–51.5) | 45.8 (37.0–54.9) | 47.8 (42.3–53.2) | 44.5 (38.3–50.7) | 55.1 (40.9–68.5) | |
| Race | <0.001 | |||||
| Caucasian | 45.8 (36.2–55.7) | 14.3 (7.8–24.7) | 23.6 (14.4–36.2) | 50.8 (41.0–60.6) | 87.9 (78.0–93.8) | |
| Non Caucasian | 54.2 (44.3–63.8) | 85.7 (75.3–92.2) | 76.4 (63.8–85.6) | 49.2 (39.4–59.0) | 12.1 (6.2–22.0) | |
| Type of dialysis | 0.811 | |||||
| Hemodialysis | 74.9 (66.9–81.6) | 76.3 (49.1–91.5) | 74.1 (62.3–83.2) | 78.0 (65.2–87.0) | 68.4 (45.9–84.6) | |
| Peritoneal a | 25.1 (18.4–33.1) | 23.7 (8.5–50.9) | 25.9 (16.8–37.7) | 22.0 (13.0–34.8) | 31.6 (15.4–54.1) | |
| Health system b | 0.075 | |||||
| Public | 90.5 (85.5–93.9) | 95.7 (86.7–98.7) | 96.2 (89.3–98.7) | 86.7 (78.6–92.1) | 86.8 (71.6–94.5) | |
| Private | 9.5 (6.1–14.5) | 4.3 (1.3–13.3) | 3.8 (1.3–10.7) | 13.3 (7.9–21.4) | 13.2 (5.5–28.4) | |
| Primary diagnosis | 0.011 | |||||
| Known | 67.7 (60.3–74.3) | 54.2 (44.7–63.3) | 53.7 (34.4–71.9) | 78.9 (70.0–85.7) | 72.0 (58.6–82.3) | |
| Unknown | 32.3 (25.7–39.7) | 45.8 (36.7–55.3) | 46.3 (28.1–65.6) | 21.1 (14.3–30.0) | 28.0 (17.7–41.4) | |
| Age at dialysis beginning | 0.834 | |||||
| <12 years | 44.9 (36.8–53.3) | 38.8 (26.4–53.0) | 47.8 (28.2–68.1) | 46.9 (36.6–57.5) | 40.3 (22.2–61.5) | |
| >12 years | 55.1 (46.7–63.2) | 61.2 (47.0–73.6) | 52.2 (31.9–71.8) | 53.1 (42.5–63.4) | 59.7 (38.5–77.8) | |
| Previous kidney transplantation | 0.014 | |||||
| Yes | 23.1 (17.8–29.4) | 8.7 (2.2–28.9) | 18.2 (9.6–32.0) | 22.8 (16.0–31.3) | 40.3 (29.3–52.5) | |
| No | 76.9 (70.6–82.2) | 91.3 (71.1–97.8) | 81.8 (68.0–90.4) | 77.2 (68.7–84.0) | 59.7 (47.5–70.7) | |
Values are percent prevalence (95% confidence interval).
aContinuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (10.4%), intermittent peritoneal dialysis (5.6%) or automated peritoneal dialysis (84%).
bSource of dialysis reimbursement.