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Table 1 Baseline characteristics between CKD cohort and non-CKD cohort

From: Patients with chronic kidney disease are at an elevated risk of dementia: A population-based cohort study in Taiwan

 

non-CKD

N = 74098

CKD

N = 37049

 
 

n

%

n

%

P value*

Sex

    

1.00

Women

33948

45.8

16974

45.8

 

Men

40150

54.2

20075

54.2

 

Age group (years)

    

1.00

20–39

10710

14.5

5355

14.5

 

40–64

34742

46.9

17371

46.9

 

≥65

28646

38.7

14323

38.7

 

Mean (SD) (years)

57.5

(15.8)

58.3

(16.1)

<0.0001

Co-morbidities

     

Hypertension

23702

32.0

21731

58.7

<0.0001*

Diabetes mellitus

6367

8.59

11517

31.1

<0.0001*

Ischemic heart disease

12896

17.4

12056

32.5

<0.0001*

Hyperlipidemia

7350

9.92

9762

26.4

<0.0001*

Tobacco use disorder

138

0.19

135

0.36

<0.0001*

Alcoholism

294

0.40

335

0.90

<0.0001*

Obesity

398

0.54

401

1.08

<0.0001*

Atrial fibrillation

638

0.86

740

2.00

<0.0001*

Parkinson's disease

790

1.07

680

1.84

<0.0001*

Cerebrovascular disease

8701

11.7

7876

21.3

<0.0001*

Major depressive disorder

852

1.15

652

1.76

<0.0001*

Elevated C-reactive protein

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Medication

     

Use of benzodiazepine

37902

51.2

25284

68.2

<0.0001*

Use of aspirin

6992

9.44

5822

15.7

<0.0001*

Use of other NSAIDs

63174

85.3

34698

93.7

<0.0001*

Use of COX2

14584

19.7

10901

29.4

<0.0001*

  1. *Chi-square test comparing patients with and without CKD.