Table 1.
Comparison of patient characteristics in those with ESKD on dialysis according to waitlist status
| Variable | Waitlist active, N = 299a |
Not registered, N = 897a |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.26 | ||
| Male | 182 (60.9) | 513 (57.2) | |
| Female | 117 (39.1) | 384 (42.8) | |
| Median age, yr (IQR) | 55 (44‒64) | 74 (64‒80) | <0.0001b |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 76 (25.4) | 317 (35.3) | 0.002b |
| BAME | 223 (74.6) | 580 (64.7) | |
| Cause ESKD | 0.002b (diabetes as comparator) | ||
| APKD | 18 (6.0) | 32 (3.6) | |
| Diabetes | 84 (28.1) | 341 (38.0) | |
| GN | 80 (26.8) | 152 (16.9) | |
| Other | 34 (11.4) | 113 (12.6) | |
| Unknown | 67 (22.4) | 214 (23.9) | |
| Urologic | 16 (5.4) | 45 (5.0) | |
| Place of dialysis | <0.0001b | ||
| Home | 54 (18.1) | 84 (9.4) | |
| Hospital | 245 (81.9) | 813 (90.6) | |
| Median time in ESKD, mo (IQR) | 20 (9‒36) | 22 (20‒24) | 0.25 |
APKD, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; BAME, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic; ESKD, end-stage kidney disease; GN, glomerulonephritis; IQR, interquartile range.
a
Data are n (%), unless otherwise noted.
b
Statistically significant.