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Table 2 Characteristics of 260 hemodialysis study participants by incidental findings and pulmonary nodules

From: Incidental findings on cardiac computed tomography in incident hemodialysis patients: the predictors of arrhythmic and cardiovascular events in end-stage renal disease (PACE) study

 

No incidental findings

Any incidental findings

 

No pulmonary nodules

Presence of pulmonary nodules

 
 

n = 115

n = 145

 

n = 197

n = 63

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

P value

n (%)

n (%)

P value

Male

63 (54.8)

87 (60.0)

0.4

82 (41.6)

28 (44.4)

0.7

Whites

30 (26.1)

44 (30.3)

0.5

50 (25.4)

24 (38.1)

0.05

Age ≥ 65 years

15 (13.0)

43 (29.7)

0.001

29 (14.7)

29 (46.0)

<0.001

BMI* ≥ 30 kg/m2

49 (42.6)

39 (27.1)

0.009

65 (33.0)

23 (36.5)

0.6

Prevalent CVD

39 (33.9)

77 (53.5)

0.002

81 (41.1)

35 (55.6)

0.048

Ever smoking

64 (55.7)

89 (61.8)

0.3

111 (56.4)

42 (66.7)

0.2

Chronic pulmonary disease

26 (22.8)

27 (19.0)

0.5

37 (18.8)

16 (25.4)

0.3

Cancer

6 (5.3)

6 (4.2)

0.678

10 (5.1)

2 (3.2)

0.522

  1. *BMI: body mass index.