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Table 2 Hyporesponsiveness categories for total erythropoietin dose

From: Comparison of methodologies to define hemodialysis patients hyporesponsive to epoetin and impact on counts and characteristics

  

Hyporesponsiveness

Squared difference

 

All

None

Chronic

Acute

Other

Other - chronic

Other - acute

n

138,688

111,422

6248

7219

13,799

  

Sex

Men

51.8

51.6

54.7

51.0

52.5

4.9

2.3

Women

48.2

48.4

45.3

49.0

47.5

  

Race

White

51.4

52.6

46.2

47.4

46.0

0.1

1.8

African American

42.2

40.5

49.8

47.5

49.5

0.1

4.1

Other

6.4

6.9

3.9

5.1

4.4

  

Age, years

< 40

8.1

7.5

12.9

9.8

10.3

7.0

0.2

40-64

44.3

42.7

54.9

48.3

50.3

20.6

4.1

65-74

24.9

25.5

19.8

24.5

22.8

9.3

2.9

≥ 75

22.7

24.4

12.5

17.4

16.6

  

Cause of renal failure

Diabetes

44.9

45.3

38.7

45.7

44.1

29.0

2.8

Hypertension

29.3

29.6

27.8

27.8

28.8

1.0

1.1

Glomerulonephritis

10.2

10.0

12.2

10.3

10.7

2.2

0.1

Cystic kidney disease

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.8

0.1

0.1

Other

13.5

13.0

19.3

14.2

14.7

  

Dialysis duration, years

< 1

9.6

9.8

7.7

9.4

8.6

0.9

0.5

1 to < 3

32.6

33.5

26.3

31.3

28.9

6.7

5.8

3 to < 5

23.6

23.6

23.2

23.0

23.8

0.3

0.7

≥ 5

34.3

33.1

42.8

36.4

38.7

  

Average BMI, kg/m 2

< 18.5

3.7

3.6

3.3

4.3

3.8

0.2

0.3

≥ 18.5 and < 25

34.9

35.2

30.4

36.5

33.5

9.4

8.8

≥ 25 and < 30

28.5

28.9

25.6

27.6

27.3

2.8

0.1

≥ 30

33.0

32.3

40.7

31.6

35.4

  

Antecedent comorbid conditions

ASHD

22.0

20.4

26.0

29.8

28.5

6.3

1.6

CHF

19.6

17.2

29.9

29.7

28.8

1.3

0.8

CVA/TIA

7.4

6.9

7.5

10.9

9.6

4.0

1.9

PVD

16.5

14.8

23.1

24.2

23.3

0.1

0.9

Other cardiac disease

12.4

10.6

20.3

20.0

19.2

1.1

0.6

COPD

8.4

7.3

13.2

12.7

12.9

0.1

0.0

GI bleeding

3.3

2.5

7.2

6.1

6.1

1.2

0.0

Liver disease

5.5

5.2

7.4

6.3

6.8

0.3

0.3

Dysrhythmia

13.7

12.4

19.1

19.2

18.8

0.0

0.1

Cancer

4.1

3.6

7.2

5.3

5.8

2.1

0.2

Diabetes

49.7

48.9

49.2

55.0

53.0

14.1

4.1

Concurrent comorbid conditions

ASHD

30.1

28.4

32.9

41.2

37.0

16.8

17.3

CHF

27.6

24.6

38.9

42.9

39.1

0.0

14.7

CVA/TIA

10.9

10.2

10.5

16.9

13.5

9.3

11.3

PVD

24.8

22.8

30.3

35.8

32.7

5.6

10.0

Other cardiac disease

19.7

17.2

28.3

32.4

28.8

0.3

12.5

COPD

12.5

11.1

18.2

19.2

17.9

0.1

1.6

GI bleeding

5.3

4.1

10.6

11.2

9.6

1.0

2.7

Liver disease

6.4

6.0

8.9

7.8

8.0

0.9

0.0

Dysrhythmia

19.8

18.1

25.1

28.4

26.4

1.8

3.9

Cancer

5.6

5.0

9.9

7.2

7.6

5.5

0.1

Diabetes

57.3

56.7

55.6

62.1

60.2

20.8

3.7

Number of vascular access complication

0

61.9

61.9

64.0

55.4

53.7

106.1

2.7

1-3

19.9

19.9

19.1

21.7

23.4

17.8

2.7

≥ 4

18.2

18.2

16.9

22.9

22.9

  

Average iron dose per month, mg

Non-users

15.1

16.2

13.0

9.5

10.4

7.1

0.7

< 233

21.1

23.0

11.4

14.6

13.9

6.6

0.5

≥ 233 and < 360

21.1

21.5

16.6

20.2

20.1

12.0

0.0

≥ 360 and < 460

20.9

20.5

20.9

23.9

22.5

2.5

2.0

≥ 460

21.8

18.8

38.1

31.8

33.2

24.5

1.9

IV antibiotic use

No

76.9

76.9

79.6

65.6

66.6

168.0

1.0

Yes

23.1

23.1

20.5

34.4

33.4

  

Number of hospital admissions

0

63.3

63.3

68.3

45.7

44.8

549.0

0.8

1

20.8

20.8

19.4

26.7

26.0

43.2

0.5

≥ 2

15.9

15.9

12.3

27.6

29.2

  

Number of hospitalization days

0

63.3

63.3

68.3

45.7

44.8

549.0

0.8

1-7

18.4

18.4

17.3

24.4

22.4

25.6

4.2

≥ 8

18.4

18.4

14.4

29.8

32.8

  

Infectious hospitalizations

No

88.2

88.2

90.6

80.3

79.2

129.8

1.2

Yes

11.8

11.8

9.4

19.7

20.8

  

Dialysis provider

Non-profit

14.0

14.0

14.7

12.4

11.0

13.0

1.7

For profit

85.0

85.0

84.4

86.5

87.6

9.8

1.1

Unknown

1.0

1.0

0.9

1.1

1.4

  

Region

Northeast

15.7

15.7

15.7

15.0

15.1

0.4

0.0

Midwest

19.1

19.1

19.4

19.0

17.8

2.6

1.5

South

45.2

45.2

43.7

50.8

51.9

67.9

1.2

West

17.2

17.2

18.3

12.6

12.6

33.1

0.0

Unknown

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.7

  

Distance

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43.6

12.0

  1. ASHD, atherosclerotic heart disease; BMI, body mass index; CHF, congestive heart failure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA/TIA, cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack; GI, gastrointestinal; IV, intravenous; PVD, peripheral vascular disease.