Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients treated with an ESA
| Characteristic | CKD | MDS | AUE | Other etiology | Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | Mean | SD | No. | % | Mean | SD | No. | % | Mean | SD | No. | % | Mean | SD | No. | % | Mean | SD | |
| No. of patients* | 13 | 46 | 19 | 23 | 101 | |||||||||||||||
| Male sex | 5 | 38 | 29 | 63 | 12 | 63 | 13 | 57 | 59 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Age, y | 78.8 | 8.4 | 76.7 | 7.6 | 72.6 | 9.5 | 73.3 | 9.8 | 75.4 | 8.7 | ||||||||||
| Weight, kg | 77.8 | 23.3 | 77.8 | 13.5 | 80.8 | 26.2 | 78.1 | 20.4 | 78.4 | 19.3 | ||||||||||
| Comorbidity index | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||||||||||
| Hemoglobin, g/L | 90.2 | 9.4 | 85.1 | 9.4 | 92.4 | 10.3 | 87.6 | 11.7 | 89.2 | 12.9 | ||||||||||
| EPO, IU/L | 31.4 | 50.4 | 147 | 145 | 86.4 | 178 | 68.1 | 99.2 | 103 | 140 | ||||||||||
| eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 | 18.1 | 8.8 | 56.8 | 24.9 | 42.4 | 7.4 | 40.0 | 23.4 | 45.3 | 24.2 | ||||||||||
| Other cytopenia | 4 | 31 | 28 | 61 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 39 | ||||||||||
SD, standard deviation.
*
A total of 113 patients received ESAs, but 12 patients (2 of whom had AUE) did not have sufficient data to analyze the treatment response and are not included in this table.