Table 1.
Summary of patient characteristics
| Variable | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Age (mean, s.d.) | 64.1 (16.4) |
| Gender (male, %) | 63.3 |
| Ethnicity (white, %) | 69.0 |
| Dialysis vintage (median, IQR) Number of past transplants | 33 (59) |
| None | 84% |
| 1 | 14% |
| 2 | 2% |
| Heart disease (%) | 31.7 |
| Diabetes (%) | 33.3 |
| Cancer (%) | 10.6 |
| Liver disease (%) | 2.4 |
| Lung disease (%) | 6.4 |
| Amputation of limbs (%) | 3.2 |
| Stroke (%) | 8.0 |
| Haemoglobin (g/L) (mean, s.d.) | 11.1 (1.2) |
| Serum albumin (g/L) (mean, s.d.) | 37.4 (4.4) |
| Dry weight (kg) (mean, s.d.) | 75.5 (18.3) |
| CRPa (>5 mg/L, %) | 52% |
| Kt/V (mean, s.d.) | 1.4 (0.3) |
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Subsample (n = 396)
IQR interquartile range