Table 1.
Demographic information, cause of ESRD and comorbidities among 418 pediatric and 2826 young adult hemodialysis patients
| Age group (years) | Demographic characteristics |
ESRD causes |
Comorbidities |
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| Continent | N | Age (±SD) | Black (%) | White (%) | Asian (%) | Male (%) | Unknown (%) | DM (%) | GU (%) | Glomerular (%) | Other (%) | HTN (%) | CHF (%) | Any CVD (%) | 2o DM (%) | |
| ≤18 | Asia | 43 | 15.1 (2.8) | 0.0 | 72.1 | 25.6 | 62.8 | 55.8 | 2.3 | 11.6 | 25.6 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 2.3 |
| Europe | 47 | 15.7 (2.7) | 0.0 | 93.6 | 0 | 55.3 | 51.1 | 0.0 | 27.6 | 21.3 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
| North America | 44 | 15.2 (2.1) | 40.9 | 56.8 | 0 | 45.5 | 20.5 | 2.3 | 20.4 | 38.6 | 18.2 | 52.3 | 2.3 | 52.3 | 6.8 | |
| South America | 284 | 14.4 (3.6) | 3.2 | 70.8 | 0 | 53.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10.9 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 0.4 | |
| >18 | Asia | 371 | 25.3 (3.4) | 0.0 | 63.3 | 36.4 | 61.5 | 41.2 | 11.6 | 6.8 | 24.5 | 15.9 | 8.1 | 0 | 6.3 | 11.6 |
| Europe | 1039 | 25.3 (3.2) | 1.5 | 92.4 | 0.5 | 62.2 | 46.8 | 6.3 | 14.0 | 23.0 | 9.8 | 17.0 | 0.7 | 19.8 | 7.4 | |
| North America | 423 | 25.2 (3.4) | 45.6 | 48.9 | 3.3 | 51.8 | 16.5 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 24.1 | 34.3 | 50.6 | 8.3 | 53.9 | 20.3 | |
| South America | 993 | 25.2 (3.4) | 4.1 | 70.9 | 0.1 | 51.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 30.4 | 2.8 | 23.8 | 5.6 | |
All continuous variables are presented as mean (±SD).
ESRD, end-stage renal disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; GU, congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract, cystic and hereditary conditions, glomerular and ‘other’ (e.g. tubule-interstitial nephritis or tubular necrosis); HTN, hypertension; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; 2o DM, secondary diabetes mellitus.