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Table 3 Comorbidities in patients in surviving vs dying within the first 3 months after start of RRT

From: External Validation of a risk stratification model to assist shared decision making for patients starting renal replacement therapy

 

% in those who Survived

% in those who died

Risk estimate (95 % CI)

Age

<75

48.0

27.5

1.41

 

75–80

17.4

16.7

(1.30–1.56)

 

80–85

18.6

26.4

 
 

85–90

11.7

20.3

 
 

>90

4.3

9.1

 

Gender

male

56.6

57.6

0.96

 

female

43.4

42.4

(0.75–1.23)

Heart Failure

Stage 0

52.0

31.1

1.61

 

Stage 1

14.3

11.2

(1.45–1.80)

 

Stage 2

16.5

13.8

 
 

Stage 3

14.0

23.5

 
 

Stage 4

3.3

20.4

 

Angina Pectoris

None

77.7

58.7

1.54

 

Grade 1

10.4

14.8

(1.35–1.73)

 

Grade 2

6.4

7.1

 
 

Grade 3

4.1

13.8

 
 

Grade 4

1.5

5.6

 

Peripheral Vascular Disease

None

80.5

68.4

1.26

 

Claudication

10.9

18.4

(1.08–1.47)

 

Resting ischemia

2.4

5.6

 
 

Necrosis/amputation

6.2

7.7

 

COPD

None

78.0

57.7

1.61

 

Mild

12.6

24.5

(1.37–1.88)

 

Moderate

7.2

10.7

 
 

Severe

2.3

7.1

 

Myocardial Infarction

NO

82.5

74.0

1.66

 

YES

17.5

26.0

(1.19–2.3)

PCI

NO

82.3

81.6

1.52

 

YES

17.7

18.4

(0.72–1.54)

Arrhythmia

NO

85.7

78.6

1.64

 

YES

14.3

21.4

(1.15–2.34)

Diabetes

NO

66.1

69.9

0.83

 

YES

33.9

30.1

(0.61–1.15)

CerebroVascular Disease

NO

85.4

84.2

1.19

 

YES

14.6

15.8

(0.90–1.56)

Dementia

NO

97.6

95.9

1.75

 

YES

2.4

4.1

(0.82–3.70)

Liver disease

NO

95.1

94.9

1.05

 

YES

4.9

5.1

(0.54–2.03)

Left ventricular Hypertrophy

NO

48.8

57.1

0.72

 

YES

51.2

42.9

(0.54–0.96)

Cancer

NO

85.1

76.0

1.80

 

YES

14.9

24.0

(1.27–2.55)

Nutritional status

Normal

83.3

53.1

3.06

 

Malnutrition

14.2

34.7

(2.46–3.85)

 

Severe malnutrition

2.5

12.2

 

Albumin (g/L)

<25

10.0

24.0

1.67

 

25–30

12.1

27.0

(1.48–1.87)

 

30–35

24.3

21.9

 
 

35–40

35.7

19.9

 
 

≥40

17.9

7.1

 

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

<15

65.6

27.6

2.76

 

15–60

24.0

39.3

(2.29–3.31)

 

≥60

10.4

33.2

 

Renal Replacement Therapy

Hospital HD

78.9

87.0

1.78

 

Satellite HD

9.2

6.2

(1.54–2.1)

 

PD

11.3

6.9