Table 2 Demographic characteristics for transplanted vs. not transplanted patients (all patients and patients stratified according to quartile of dialysis vintage)

Age at 1^st dialysis, yr

48.3 ± 16 ^¥ / 41.6 ± 11 / 43.4 ± 15 /54.4 ± 16 / 55.4 ± 16 ^†

59.7 ± 15 / 55.3 ± 13 / 56.1 ± 14 / 55.6 ± 15 / 66.8 ± 14 ^†/¶

Time to TPL, yr

2.0 ± 3 ^¥ / 2.5 ± 3 / 2.3 ± 3 / 2.2 ± 4 ^§

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Age at TPL, yr

45.6 ± 14 ^¥ / 44.7 ± 11 / 44.5 ± 14 / 47.8 ± 14 / 52.7 ± 16 ^†

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Age at death, yr

58.5 ± 13 ^¥ / 54.5 ± 13 / 60.4 ± 10 / 62.8 ± 10 / 59.2 ± 22 *

68.8 ± 12 / 59.9 ± 11 / 64.6 ± 11 /68.8 ± 11 / 74.6 ± 10 ^†

Survival after initiation of dialysis, %

 3 years

92.4 ^¥ / 74.3 / 95.6 / 99.0 / 98.3

57.1 / 55.0 / 54.2 / 62.3 / 56.1 ^‡

 5 years

87.9 ^¥ / 67.1 / 93.4 / 93.8 / 96.0

41.5 / 40.0 / 41.5 / 46.2 / 37.3 ^‡