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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics in patients with and without VDRA therapy

From: Effect of VDRA on survival in incident hemodialysis patients: results of the FARO-2 observational study

Clinical characteristic

Total

VDRA

P-value

Yes

No

General

    

N (%)

568

389 (68.5)

179 (31.5)

 

Gender (male), n (%)

389 (68.5)

260 (66.9)

129 (72.1)

 

Median age (IQR), years

70 (57–77)

69 (56–76.5)

70 (60–77)

0.31

Median height (IQR), cn

165 (160–170)

165 (160–171)

167 (160–170)

0.89

BMI (Kg/M2)

23.5 (21.2-26.4)

23.5 (21.2-26.3)

23.4 (20.8-26.5)

0.47

Comorbid diseases

    

Hypertension, n (%)

496 (87.3)

347 (89.2)

149 (83.2)

0.05

Cardiovascular disease, n (%)

338 (59.5)

233 (59.9)

105 (58.7)

0.78

Vascular disease, n (%)

277 (48.8)

188 (48.3)

89 (49.7)

0.6

Diabetes, n (%)

164 (28.9)

109 (28)

55 (30.7)

0.52

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

104 (18.3)

164 (42.2)

61 (34.1)

0.07

Liver disease, n (%)

54 (9.5)

42 (10.8)

12 (6.7)

0.12

  1. BMI = body mass index.
  2. IQR = interquartile range.
  3. Statistically significant p-values are highlighted in bold.