Table 1. Patient demographics.
| Case-control study | |
| Age (years),mean [range] | 59 [26,90] |
| Sex (m/f) | 28/28 |
| Race | |
| Caucasian | 11 |
| African-American | 45 |
| Dialysis vintage (years) mean [range] | 4 [0,20] |
| Long-term follow-up study | |
| Age (years) mean [range] | |
| 2013 | 57.9 [12,94] |
| 2014 | 57.6 [12,95] |
| 2015 | 55.6 [9,96] |
| 2016 | 54.6 [10,97] |
| 2017 | 56.0 [17,98] |
| Sex (m/f) | 138/95 |
| Race | |
| Caucasian | 53 |
| African-American | 176 |
| Other | 4 |
| Dialysis vintage (years) mean [range] | |
| 2013 | 4.6 [0,27] |
| 2014 | 5.2 [0,28] |
| 2015 | 6.2 [0,35] |
| 2016 | 6.7 [0,27] |
| 2017 | 7.3 [0,28] |