Table 2.
Variables | Death | Non-Death | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 4030) | (n = 8424) | ||||
n | % | n | % | ||
Age (means, sd) a | 65.06 ± 12.19 | 52.52 ± 13.88 | <0.001 * | ||
Sex | <0.001 * | ||||
Female | 1990 | 49.38 | 4512 | 53.56 | |
Male | 2,040 | 50.62 | 3912 | 46.44 | |
Monthly income | <0.001 * | ||||
No income | 944 | 23.42 | 1471 | 17.46 | |
NT$1–15,840 | 613 | 15.21 | 1267 | 15.04 | |
NT$15,841–25,000 | 2025 | 50.25 | 4267 | 50.65 | |
≥NT$25,001 | 448 | 11.12 | 1419 | 16.84 | |
Dialysis type | <0.001 * | ||||
HD | 3703 | 91.89 | 7569 | 89.85 | |
PD | 327 | 8.11 | 855 | 10.15 | |
Comorbidity | |||||
Diabetes mellitus | 2066 | 51.27 | 1743 | 20.69 | <0.001 * |
Hypertension | 2569 | 63.75 | 3509 | 41.65 | <0.001 * |
Hyperlipidemia | 877 | 21.76 | 963 | 11.43 | <0.001 * |
Gout | 601 | 14.91 | 801 | 9.51 | <0.001 * |
Congestive heart failure | 432 | 10.72 | 252 | 2.99 | <0.001 * |
Coronary artery disease | 871 | 21.61 | 561 | 6.66 | <0.001 * |
Cerebrovascular accident | 709 | 17.59 | 444 | 5.27 | <0.001* |
Peripheral arterial disease | 44 | 1.09 | 77 | 0.91 | 0.379 |
Chronic lung disease | 692 | 17.17 | 517 | 6.14 | <0.001 * |
Chronic liver disease | 478 | 11.86 | 496 | 5.89 | <0.001 * |
Malignancy | 245 | 6.08 | 236 | 2.80 | <0.001 * |
Retinopathy | 1009 | 25.04 | 939 | 11.15 | <0.001 * |
* p < 0.05; a Independent-Samples t Test. HD = Hemodialysis; PD = Peritoneal dialysis.