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. 2021 Jun 30;43(1):1049–1059. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2021.1945464

Table 3.

Nephrology care practices by eGFR trajectory group.

  Overall
n = 378
Slower eGFR decline
(Group 1)
n = 69
Gradual eGFR decline
(Group 2)
n = 69
Early rapid eGFR decline
(Group 3)
n = 156
Rapid eGFR decline
(Group 3)
n = 84
Outpatient visit to a nephrologist, n (%) 346 (91.5) 69 (100.0) 59 (85.5) 151 (96.8) 67 (79.8)
Time from first nephrology visit to dialysis initiation (months)a 47.4 [21.0–92.6] 114.5 [55.2–144.1] 17.8 [9.6–28.7] 54.1 [29.5–89.0] 34.8 [10.3–73.6]
eGFRb ≥ 15 mL/min/1.73 m2, n (%) 11 (2.9) 0 (0) 1 (1.4) 2 (1.3) 8 (9.5)
Dialysis modality: hemodialysis, n (%) 268 (96.4) 62 (89.9) 69 (100.0) 153 (98.0) 84 (100.0)
Access at first dialysis:fistula/graft or PD catheter, n (%) 234 (61.9) 52 (75.4) 40 (58.0) 107 (68.6) 35 (41.7)
Impatient dialysis initiation, n (%) 213 (56.6) 24 (34.8) 43 (62.3) 85 (54.5) 62 (73.8)
AKI at dialysis initiationc, n (%) 134 (62.9) 17 (73.9) 27 (62.8) 54 (63.5) 36 (58.1)

Data expressed as medians and interquartile ranges (IQR) or n (%) when appropriate.

eGFR, estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology; PD, peritoneal catheter; AKI, Acute Kidney injury.

aAmong patients referred to nephrologist; bat dialysis initiation; cAmong patients admitted to the hospital at dialysis initiation (n = 213).