Table 1.

Characteristics of the population studied

Number of patients	706
Male gender	414 (59%)
Age (years)	72 ± 14
Ethnicity
Caucasian	691 (98%)
African	10 (1%)
Asian	5 (1%)
Primary renal diseases
Unknown/missing	288 (41%)
Glomerulonephritis	106 (15%)
Diabetic	101 (14%)
Vascular	98 (14%)
Tubular-Interstitial	50 (7%)
ADPKD	40 (6%)
Other	23 (3%)
Comorbidities
Hypertension	638 (90%)
Diabetes mellitus	282 (40%)
Ischemic heart disease	268 (38%)
Cardiac arrhythmia	258 (37%)
Previous diagnosis of malignancy	228 (32%)
Peripheral vasculopathy	216 (31%)
Cerebral vasculopathy	215 (30%)
Urinary tract infection	179 (25%)
Dyslipidemia	160 (23%)
Chronic respiratory disease	147 (21%)
Cirrhosis or chronic liver disease	101 (14%)