Table 1 Baseline characteristics in the Swedish dialysis- and transplant population
Characteristics | Cohort | Parathyroidectomy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | |
n = 20,043 | n = 12,903 | n = 7140 | n = 679 | n = 333 | n = 346 | |
64.4% | 35.4% | 49.0% | 51.0% | |||
Age at baseline, years | 62.8 (16.5) | 63.1 (16.4) | 62.2 (17.0) | 50.3 (14.7) | 50.2 (14.5) | 50.4 (14.9) |
Age at parathyroidectomy, years | - | - | - | 54.3 (14.0) | 54.3 (13.9) | 54.3 (14.2) |
Region | ||||||
North | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
Stockholm | 17.8 | 17.1 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 15.3 | 18.8 |
South-east | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 11.9 |
South | 18.3 | 19.0 | 16.9 | 21.4 | 22.8 | 20.0 |
Uppsala/Örebro | 23.4 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 21.7 | 24.0 | 19.4 |
West | 17.6 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 23.7 |
Abroad | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Cause of renal disease | ||||||
Diabetes | 24.2 | 23.9 | 24.8 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 15.6 |
Nephrosclerosis | 18.2 | 20.6 | 13.9 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 10.4 |
Glomerulonephritis | 15.9 | 17.7 | 12.6 | 30.2 | 37.2 | 23.4 |
Adult polycystic kidney disease | 7.8 | 6.5 | 10.2 | 14.7 | 12.3 | 17.1 |
Pyelonephritis | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 12.1 |
Other | 28.8 | 26.8 | 32.4 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 21.4 |