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. 2021 Jan 5;18(1):326. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18010326

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of dialysis patients who died during 16 years.

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.