Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of cohort

	SLE causing ESRD		Other causes of ESRD
	Peds N = 619	Adults N = 9311	Peds N = 9733	Adults N = 340,000
Mean age at initiation of HD (years (SD))	15.8 (2.5)	35.9 (12.3)	11.7 (5.7)	53.1 (15.9)
Years on HD (SD)	2.7 (4.1)	1.1 (2.3)	1.4 (3.3)	0.7 (2.1)
% Black race	73	63	40	48
% Female	82	86	48	50

Pediatric patients with ESRD secondary to SLE were older with an increased female and black race predominance compared to other pediatric patients (p-value < 0.01). Adults with ESRD secondary to SLE were younger with an increased female and black race percentage compared to other adults (p-value<0.01). SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus: ESRD: end-stage renal disease; HD: hemodialysis; SD: standard deviation.