Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of all patients in the study

Characteristic	Received ESA				Did not receive ESA
	No.	%	Mean	SD	No.	%	Mean	SD
Total No. of patients	113				457
CKD	13	12			12	3
MDS	52	46			147	32
AUE	21	19			96	21
Other etiology	27	24			202	44
Male sex	68	60			274	60
Age, y			75.1	8.7			75.9	8.1
Weight, kg			78.5	19.7			74.6	18.0
Comorbidity index			2.2	1.7			1.4	1.4
Hemoglobin, g/L			88.5	12.8			97.7	15.9
EPO, IU/L			135.2	420.0			187.2	539.3
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2			46.6	24.3			61.0	22.4
Other cytopenia	45	40			175	38