Table 2.

Characteristics of hemodialysis patients at the end of a 7-year prospective study.

Parameter	Value
Demographic data
Total RRT vintage, years	7.4 (0.5–28.3)
RRT vintage on the prospective study, years	4.5 (0.1–7.0)
Movement to a noncollaborating dialysis center, n, % of all	7 (1.3)
Renal transplantation, n, % of all	66 (12.4)
Causes of death a
All, n, % of all	317 (59.6)
Cardiovascular, n, % of all	203 (38.2)
Cardiac, n, % of all	141 (26.5)
Sepsis/infection, n, % of all	39 (7.3)
Neoplasms, n, % of all	30 (5.6)
Rare/unknown, n, % of all	45 (8.5)

^aDeath rates are calculated in respect to all patients enrolled in the study (n = 532). Outcomes of 66 transplant recipients and 7 patients moving to other centers are not included.

RRT: renal replacement therapy.