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Table 5 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of all enrolled PACE participants (n = 574) and completed cardiovascular study visit (n = 402)

From: Rationale and design for the Predictors of Arrhythmic and Cardiovascular Risk in End Stage Renal Disease (PACE) study

Characteristics

All PACE participants

Completed cardiovascular visit*

Demographic

  

Male, n (%)

319 (56)

233 (59)

African-American, n (%)

397 (69)

288 (72)

Age in years, mean ± SD

56 (13.5)

55 (13.2)

Education, % graduated high school

62

248 (63)

Employment, % employed

12

47 (12)

Marital status, % married

31

29

Dialysis characteristics

  

Three times a week dialysis, n (%)

566 (98.6)

397 (98.8)

Three to four hour dialysis session, n (%)

505 (88.0)

353 (87.8)

Polyflux membrane, n (%)

446 (77.7)

306 (86.4)

Arteriovenous fistula access, n (%)

163 (28.7)

122 (30.3)

Self reported

  

Smoking, % ever smoker

59

60

Body mass index kg/m2, mean ± SD

29.4 (7.9)

29.3 (7.8)

CVD, % diagnosed

44

45

CHF, % diagnosed

23

25

Diabetes, % diagnosed

54

55

Cardiovascular study visit

  

Systolic blood pressure mmHg, mean ± SD

n/a

137 (25)

Diastolic blood pressure mmHg, mean ± SD

n/a

75 (15)

Waist to hip ratio

n/a

0.95 (0.08)

Frailty, % diagnosed

n/a

40

Average literacy, mean

n/a

Grade 8

Cognitively impaired, % diagnosed

n/a

14

Depression, % diagnosed

n/a

17

Medications use

  

Betablocker, %

n/a

58

ACEI/ARB, %

n/a

44

Calcium channel blocker, %

n/a

60

Statins, %

n/a

52

Intradialytic labs

  

Ionized calcium mean ± SD. mmol/L

n/a

1.15 (0.07)

Magnesium mean ± SD, mg/dL

n/a

1.76 (0.24)

  1. *Cardiovascular study visits were conducted at the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the Cardiology Research Laboratory.
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