Table 1.
Baseline characteristics | All, n=123 | Frail, n=92; 75% | Fit, n=31; 25% | P Value |
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Demographics | ||||
Age, yr | 76 (±7) | 76 (±7) | 74 (±7) | 0.28 |
Sex (men), % | 64 | 60 | 77 | 0.08 |
Single status/widow(er), % | 37 | 40 | 29 | 0.26 |
Living in nursing home facility, % | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.11 |
University level of education, % | 21 | 19 | 29 | 0.22 |
Cause of kidney failure, % | 0.16 | |||
Vascular | 50 | 53 | 39 | |
Diabetes | 19 | 20 | 16 | |
GN | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Interstitial nephropathy | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Polycystic | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
Other | 11 | 11 | 12 | |
Unknown | 11 | 11 | 13 | |
Clinical parameters | ||||
Treatment modality hemodialysis, % | 76 | 79 | 68 | 0.10 |
Acute-start dialysis, % | 23 | 28 | 6 | 0.01 |
Systole, mmHg | 149 (±22) | 148 (±23) | 149 (±19) | 0.70 |
Diastole, mmHg | 74 (±14) | 74 (±15) | 76 (±10) | 0.57 |
Body mass index | 27 (±6) | 27 (±6) | 27 (±3) | 0.90 |
Current or former smoker, % | 75 | 73 | 79 | 0.58 |
Mean (±SD).