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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the dually-eligible cohort, by stroke status

From: Association of multiple ischemic strokes with mortality in incident hemodialysis patients: an application of multistate model to determine transition probabilities in a retrospective observational cohort

Characteristica

One Stroke Only

>1 Stroke

No. of persons

11087

967

Age, yr

69.8 (11.8)

68.4 (10.8)

Male

4640 (41.9 %)

342 (35.4 %)

Race/Ethnicity

 African-Amer.

3718 (33.5 %)

376 (38.9 %)

 Caucasian

5912 (53.3 %)

471 (48.7 %)

 Hispanic

1063 (9.6 %)

92 (9.5 %)

 Other

394 (3.6 %)

28 (2.9 %)

BMI category

  

  < 20 kg/m2

1170 (10.6 %)

83 (8.6 %)

 20 –24.9 kg/m2

3696 (33.3 %)

297 (30.7 %)

 25 –29.9 kg/m2

3197 (28.8 %)

312 (32.3 %)

  ≥ 30 kg/m2

3024 (27.3 %)

275 (28.4 %)

Smoker

500 (4.5 %)

40 (4.1 %)

Substance abuser

137 (1.2 %)

14 (1.5 %)

Unemployed

10924 (98.5 %)

948 (98.0 %)

Unable to ambulate

659 (5.9 %)

55 (5.7 %)

Unable to transfer

261 (2.4 %)

23 (2.4 %)

Hb < 11.0 g/dLb

7540 (68.0 %)

652 (67.4 %)

Comorbidities

 HTN

9668 (87.2 %)

856 (88.5 %)

 DM

6794 (61.3 %)

645 (66.7 %)

 CHF

4324 (39.0 %)

352 (36.4 %)

 CAD

3715 (33.5 %)

303 (31.3 %)

 PVD

2066 (18.6 %)

189 (19.5 %)

 Prior CVA

4429 (40.4 %)

533(55.1 %)

 Permanent AF

2470 (22.3 %)

229 (23.7 %)

Cause of ESRD

 DM

6014 (54.2 %)

584 (60.4 %)

 HTN

3019 (27.2 %)

233 (24.1 %)

 GN

500 (4.5 %)

35 (3.6 %)

 Other

1554 (14.0 %)

115 (11.9 %)

  1. Abbreviations: African-Amer African-American, BMI body mass index, Hb hemoglobin, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, CHF congestive heart failure, CAD coronary artery disease, PVD peripheral vascular disease, CVA cerebrovascular event, AF atrial fibrillation, ESRD end stage renal disease, GN glomerulonephritis
  2. aCharacteristics shown as n (%), except for age, which is shown as mean ± 1 standard deviation
  3. b983 (8.9 %) missing values for One Stroke, and 93 (9.6 %) missing values for > 1 Stroke
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