Table 4.
Characteristics at dialysis initiation of the incident patients in France (2015) according to the dialysis initiation context (N = 8856)
| Patients with PDS |
Patients with EDS |
|
|---|---|---|
| n = 6175 (69.7%) | n = 2681 (30.3%) | |
| Men | 3933 (63.7) | 1762 (65.7) |
| Age, yr | ||
| Median (IQR) | 71.3 (60.6–80.1) | 70.9 (60.6–80.3) |
| 18–44 | 486 (7.9) | 250 (9.3) |
| 45–59 | 988 (16.0) | 400 (14.9) |
| 60–74 | 2199 (35.6) | 959 (35.8) |
| ≥75 | 2502 (40.5) | 1072 (40.0) |
| Nephropathy type | ||
| Slowly progressive nephropathy | 4327 (70.1) | 1636 (61.0) |
| Acute nephropathy | 653 (10.6) | 423 (15.8) |
| Variable/uncertain progression | 1195 (19.4) | 622 (23.2) |
| Serum albumin <30 g/l | 866 (14.0) | 691 (25.8) |
| Missing data | 771 (12.5) | 399 (14.9) |
| Hemoglobin <10 g/dl | 3018 (48.9) | 1742 (65.0) |
| Missing data | 206 (3.3) | 125 (4.7) |
| Number of cardiovascular diseasesa | ||
| 0 | 2922 (47.3) | 1021 (38.1) |
| 1 | 1515 (24.5) | 643 (24.0) |
| 2 | 955 (15.5) | 502 (18.7) |
| ≥3 | 783 (12.7) | 515 (19.2) |
| Diabetes | 2727 (44.2) | 1259 (47.0) |
| Missing data | 29 (0.5) | 11 (0.4) |
| Chronic respiratory disease | 754 (12.2) | 438 (16.3) |
| Missing data | 169 (2.7) | 91 (3.4) |
| Active malignancy | 583 (9.4) | 359 (13.4) |
| Missing data | 136 (2.2) | 83 (3.1) |
| Hepatic disease | 151 (2.4) | 79 (2.9) |
| Missing data | 149 (2.4) | 81 (3.0) |
| Mobility | ||
| Totally dependent | 193 (3.1) | 186 (6.9) |
| Need assistance | 571 (9.2) | 392 (14.6) |
| Walk without help | 4956 (80.3) | 1840 (68.6) |
| Missing | 455 (7.4) | 263 (9.8) |
EDS, emergency dialysis start; PDS, planned dialysis start.
Values shown are n (%) or median (IQR).
a
Congestive heart failure, coronary disease, arrhythmia, aortic aneurysm, arteritis of lower limbs, stroke, or transient ischemic attack.