Table 5. Baseline characteristics of hospitalized stroke patients with CKD and ESRD.
| Stroke controls (N = 300,300) | Stroke with CKD (N = 12340) |
Stroke with ESRD (N = 5998) |
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | <0.0001 |
| Female | 124,440 | (41.4) | 4973 | (40.3) | 3093 | (51.6) | |
| Male | 175,860 | (58.6) | 7367 | (59.7) | 2905 | (48.4) | |
| Age | <0.0001 | ||||||
| 20–29 | 2473 | (0.8) | 34 | (0.3) | 26 | (0.4) | |
| 30–39 | 8198 | (2.7) | 156 | (1.3) | 101 | (1.7) | |
| 40–49 | 27,849 | (9.3) | 559 | (4.5) | 498 | (8.3) | |
| 50–59 | 53,369 | (17.8) | 1458 | (11.8) | 1360 | (22.7) | |
| 60–69 | 69,938 | (23.3) | 2542 | (20.6) | 1735 | (28.9) | |
| 70–79 | 87,125 | (29.0) | 4667 | (37.8) | 1672 | (27.9) | |
| ≥80 | 51,348 | (17.1) | 2924 | (23.7) | 606 | (10.1) | |
| Low income | 15,160 | (5.1) | 721 | (5.8) | 460 | (7.7) | <0.0001 |
| Urbanization | 0.0015 | ||||||
| Low | 3748 | (1.3) | 138 | (1.1) | 67 | (1.1) | |
| Moderate | 85,473 | (28.5) | 3461 | (28.1) | 1577 | (26.3) | |
| High | 211,079 | (70.3) | 8741 | (70.8) | 4354 | (72.6) | |
| Teaching hospital | 271,636 | (90.5) | 10911 | (88.4) | 5542 | (92.4) | <0.0001 |
| Ownership of hospital | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Private | 224604 | (74.8) | 8847 | (71.7) | 4514 | (75.3) | |
| Public | 75696 | (25.2) | 3493 | (28.3) | 1484 | (24.7) | |
| Level of hospital | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Medical center | 91588 | (30.5) | 3935 | (31.9) | 2023 | (33.7) | |
| Regional hospital | 142557 | (47.5) | 5394 | (43.7) | 2832 | (47.2) | |
| Local hospital | 66155 | (22.0) | 3011 | (24.4) | 1143 | (19.1) | |
| Type of stroke | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Hemorrhagic | 68,799 | (22.9) | 2346 | (19.0) | 2062 | (34.4) | |
| Ischemic | 179,443 | (59.8) | 7379 | (59.8) | 3106 | (51.8) | |
| Others | 52,058 | (17.3) | 2615 | (21.2) | 830 | (13.8) | |
| Coexisting diseases | |||||||
| Hypertension | 142,388 | (47.4) | 7715 | (62.5) | 2809 | (46.8) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes | 67,751 | (22.6) | 4308 | (34.9) | 2732 | (45.6) | <0.0001 |
| Ischemia heart disease | 40,606 | (13.5) | 3197 | (25.9) | 1586 | (26.4) | <0.0001 |
| Mental disorder | 49,641 | (16.5) | 3086 | (25.0) | 1021 | (17.0) | <0.0001 |
| COPD | 46,501 | (16.5) | 3348 | (27.1) | 833 | (13.9) | <0.0001 |
| Heart failure | 10,356 | (3.5) | 1214 | (9.8) | 627 | (10.5) | <0.0001 |
| Anemia | 6383 | (2.1) | 1093 | (8.9) | 582 | (9.7) | <0.0001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 19,433 | (6.5) | 1399 | (11.3) | 565 | (9.4) | <0.0001 |
| Traumatic brain injury | 14,261 | (4.8) | 762 | (6.2) | 326 | (5.4) | <0.0001 |
| Liver cirrhosis | 3700 | (1.2) | 271 | (2.2) | 153 | (2.6) | <0.0001 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 5061 | (1.7) | 365 | (3.0) | 116 | (1.9) | <0.0001 |
| PVD | 3091 | (1.0) | 263 | (2.1) | 116 | (1.9) | <0.0001 |
| Epilepsy | 1076 | (0.4) | 34 | (0.3) | 40 | (0.7) | 0.0001 |
| Types of medication | |||||||
| Anti-hypertension | 62802 | (20.9) | 4123 | (33.4) | 2053 | (34.2) | <0.0001 |
| Statin | 37637 | (12.5) | 3106 | (25.2) | 1633 | (27.2) | <0.0001 |
| Anticoagulant | 7343 | (2.5) | 545 | (4.4) | 448 | (7.5) | <0.0001 |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; PVD, peripheral vascular disease.