Table 3.
Patient characteristics with chronic kidney disease (CKD) treated with hemodialysis in the ePROMs study
| Total | Center 1 | Center 2 | Center 3 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients n (%) | 173 (100) | 72 (41.6) | 44 (25.4) | 57 (33) | |
| Age mean (±SD) | 66.2 ± 14.4 | 71.8 | 58.7 | 64.5 | < 0.001 |
| Gender (Male) n(%) | 117 (68) | 50 (69) | 31 (70) | 36 (63) | 0.674 |
| Dialysis | |||||
| Duration in months mean (median) | 48.9 (31) | 35 (26.5) | 62.9 (30) | 56.9 (38) | 0.107 |
| Self dialysis unit (%) | 67 | 44 | 61 | 100 | < 0.001 |
| Duration of session | 11.5 ± 1.4 | 11.1 ± 1.5 | 12 | 11.6 ± 0.6 | 0.001 |
| Number of sessions per week | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 3 ± 0.5 | 3.2 ± 0.6 | 3.20.6 | 0.011 |
| BMI n (%) | |||||
| < 18 | 10 (6) | 4 (5,6) | 4 (10) | 2 (3,6) | 0.01 |
| 18–25 | 73 (44) | 22 (30,6) | 22 (58) | 29 (52,8) | |
| > 25 | 82 (50) | 46 (64) | 12 (32) | 24 (43,6) | |
| Comorbidities % | |||||
| Undernutrition | 16 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 0.029 |
| Diabetes | 28 | 43 | 16 | 16 | < 0.001 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0.162 |
| Coronary artery disease | 34 | 48 | 18 | 28 | 0.004 |
| Peripheral artery disease | 22 | 32 | 5 | 19 | 0.005 |
| Congestive heart failure | 34 | 45 | 13 | 35 | < 0.001 |
| Cancer | 28 | 46 | 24 | 11 | < 0.001 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | |||||
| Mean (±SD) | 11.26 ± 1.1 | 10.99 ± 1.33 | 11.60 ± 0.75 | 11.41 ± 0.95 | < 0.001 |
| < 10 | 14 (8) | 13 (18) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | |
| 10 to 12 | 117 (70) | 48 (67) | 25 (66) | 44 (77) | |
| > 12 | 36 (22) | 11 (15) | 13 (34) | 12 (21) | |
| Albumin (g/dL) | |||||
| Mean (±SD) | 39.6 ± 5.9 | 39.2 ± 3.8 | 39.7 ± 3.9 | 40.2 ± 2.9 | 0.004 |
| ≤35 | 21 (13) | 14 (19) | 6 (16) | 1 (2) | 0.009 |
| > 35 | 146 (87) | 58 (81) | 32 (84) | 56 (98) | |
| Single-pool Kt/V | |||||
| Mean (±SD) | 1.44 ± 0.34 | 1.59 ± 0.37 | 1.09 ± 0.21 | 1.22 ± 0.25 | < 0.001 |
| ≤1.2 | 48 (29) | 12 (17) | 3 (8) | 33 (58) | < 0.001 |
| > 1.2 | 118 (71) | 60 (83) | 34 (92) | 24 (42) |