Table 3.

Comparison of older adult patients on hemodialysis according to the group alive and deceased (n = 170).

	Alive (n = 108)	Deceased (n = 62)	p *
Male	71 (65.7)	40 (64.5)	0.87
Age (years)	69.6 ± 6.7	72.5 ± 7.8	0.013
Kt/V	1.42 ± 0.3	1.60 ± 0.5	0.002
hs-CRP	0.34 (0.18; 0.82)	0.58 (0.27; 1.48)	0.004
Dialysis length (years)	2.9 (1.2; 5.4)	2.9 (1.3; 6.0)	0.68

hs-CRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein.

^*The t-test; chi-square test, or Mann–Whitney test, as appropriate.