Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Age | Vaccinated Dialysis Patients (DP, n = 36) | Vaccinated Non-Dialysis Controls (non-DC, n = 44) | Unvaccinated Dialysis Patients (DP, n = 18) | Statistical group difference (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccinated DP vs vaccinated-non-DC | Vaccinated DP vs unvaccinated DP | ||||
| Median years (IQR) | 74.0 (66.0, 82.0) | 80.0 (75.75, 82.25) | 63 (45.25, 74.5) | 0.226 | 0.007 |
| Under 50 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1.000 | 0.04 |
| Between 50 and 59 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.234 | 1.000 |
| Between 60 and 69 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0.015 | 0.751 |
| ≥70 | 20 | 36 | 6 | 0.014 | 0.148 |
| Male | 25 | 14 | 12 | 0.001 | 1.000 |
| Female | 11 | 30 | 6 | 0.001 | 1.000 |
| Renal replacement therapy | |||||
| Hemodialysis | 34 | 17 | NA | 1.000 | |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 2 | 1 | NA | 1.000 | |
| Years since start of renal replacement therapy [Median (IQR)] | 5 [2, 9] | 2 (1, 6.25) | NA | 0.034 | |
| Co-Morbidities | |||||
| Hypertension | 29 | 22 | 15 | 0.005 | 1.000 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0.029 | 0.776 |
| Obesity (BMI >30) | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0.14 | 0.364 |
| Malignancy (recent or history of) | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0.532 | 0.674 |
NA, not applicable.