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. 2020 Oct 21;13(5):878–888. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfaa199

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients according to their outcomes: critical evolution (ICU admission or death before 28 days after diagnosis) or non-critical evolution

Characteristics All patients (n = 122) Non-critical evolution (n = 77) Critical evolution (n = 45) P-value
Age, median (IQR), years 73.5 (64.2–81.2) 73.0 (61.0–81.5) 74.0 (66.6–84.0) 0.07
Female, n (%) 43 (35) 26 (34) 17 (38) 0.69
BMI, median (IQR), kg/m2 25.3 (22.4–28.8) 25.1 (22.4–28.6) 26.5 (22.2–30.0) 0.56
ESRD vintage, median (IQR), years 3.0 (1.0–5.5) 2.7 (0.9–5.1) 3.3 (1.4–7.2) 0.23
Haemodialysis, n (%)/peritoneal dialysis, n (%) 119 (97.5)/3 (2.5)
Previous transplant, n (%) 7 (6) 7 (9) 0 (0) 0.05
Location at COVID-19 diagnosis, n (%)
 At home 82 (67) 51 (66) 31 (69) 0.88
 In institution 24 (20) 15 (19) 9 (20)
 Hospitalized 16 (13) 11 (14) 5 (11)
 Champagne region 67 (55) 44 (66) 23 (34) 0.54
 Marseille 55 (45) 33 (60) 22 (40)
Cause of ESRD, n (%)
 Diabetes 40 (33) 22 (29) 18 (40) 0.03
 Hypertension 31 (26) 18 (23) 13 (29)
 Glomerulonephritis 19 (15) 16 (21) 3 (7)
 Genetic 5 (4) 1 (1) 4 (9)
 Undetermined/other 27(22) 20 (26) 7 (16)
Comorbidities, n (%)
 Congestive heart failure (LVEF <45%) 13 (11) 5 (6) 8 (18) 0.07
 Ischaemic heart disease 34 (28) 18 (24) 16 (36) 0.21
 Atrial fibrillation 41 (34) 19 (25) 22 (49) 0.01
 Hypertension 95 (78) 62 (81) 33 (73) 0.37
 Diabetes 64 (52) 37 (48) 27 (60) 0.26
 Peripheral vascular disease 34 (28) 17 (22) 17 (38) 0.09
 Current smoker 12 (10) 6 (8) 6 (13) 0.36
 Chronic respiratory disease 14 (11) 9 (13) 5 (11) 0.99
 Cancer 32 (26) 21 (27) 11 (24) 0.83
 Obesity  (BMI ≥30 kg/m²), n (%) 25 (20) 34 (35) 11 (24) 0.48
Medication, n (%)
 ACEIs 17 (14) 10 (13) 7 (16) 0.78
 ARBs 22 (18) 18 (23) 4 (9) 0.05
 Antiplatelet agent 65 (53) 39 (51) 26 (58) 0.45
 Vitamin K antagonist 26 (21) 14 (18) 12 (27) 0.36
Immunosuppressive therapy 8 (7) 6 (7) 2 (4) 0.71

Quantitative data are expressed in median (IQR 25–75% quartile).

LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.