Table 1. The clinical and demographic characteristics of incident ESRD patients.a.
| White (952 (71%)) |
Black (388 (29%)) |
Total (1,340 (100%)) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male gender | 583 (61%) | 229 (59%) | 812 (61%) | 0.45 |
| Mean age in years (SD) | 62 (16) | 54 (16) | 60 (16) | < 0.001 |
| Co-morbidity: | ||||
| Diabetes | 314 (33%) | 169 (44%) | 483 (36%) | < 0.001 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 495 (52%) | 171 (44%) | 657 (49%) | 0.027 |
| Cause of ESRD: | ||||
| Diabetes | 248 (26.1%) | 132 (34.0%) | 380 (28.4%) | 0.003 |
| Diagnosis unconfirmed | 172 (18.1%) | 81 (20.9%) | 253 (18.9%) | 0.36 |
| Glomerulonephritis | 169 (12.8%) | 46 (11.9%) | 168 (12.5%) | 0.09 |
| Hypertension | 69 (7.3%) | 78 (20.1%) | 147 (11.0%) | < 0.001 |
| Pyelonephritis | 107 (11.3%) | 24 (6.2%) | 131 (9.8%) | 0.06 |
| Renovascular disease | 83 (8.7%) | 5 (1.3%) | 88 (6.6%) | < 0.001 |
| Polycystic kidneys | 54 (5.7%) | 9 (2.3%) | 63 (4.7%) | 0.23 |
| Myeloma | 41 (4.3%) | 6 (1.5%) | 47 (3.5%) | 0.07 |
| Other | 34 (3.6%) | 5 (1.3%) | 39 (2.0%) | 0.42 |
| Amyloid | 21 (2.2%) | 2 (0.5%) | 23 (1.7%) | 0.09 |
| Mean years on RRT by modality (SD): | ||||
| Hemodialysis | 1.9 (2.3) | 2.5 (2.1) | 2.1 (2.2) | 0.001 |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 1.7 (1.5) | 1.7 (1.7) | 1.7 (1.6) | 0.66 |
| Transplant | 4.6 (3.5) | 4.4 (3.6) | 4.7 (3.5) | 0.67 |
| UK IMD score (SD) | 24 (14) | 35 (11) | 28 (14) | <0.001 |
| Transplant listed | 276 (29%) | 198 (51%) | 474 (35%) | <0.001 |
| Transplanted | 170 (18%) | 74 (19%) | 244 (18%) | 0.61 |
ESRD = end-stage renal disease; RRT = renal replacement therapy; SD = standard deviation; UK IMD = United Kingdom Index of Multiple Deprivation. aData are shown as number (percentage) unless otherwise specified.