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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Cross-sectional survey in CKD patients across Europe describing the association between quality of life and anaemia

 

CKD stage 3 (n = 1039)

CKD stage 4 (n = 834)

Dialysis (n = 1025)

Total (n = 2898)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

411 (40)

343 (41)

410 (40)

1164 (40)

 Male

628 (60)

491 (59)

615 (60)

1734 (60)

Age, years

 Mean ± SD

63.4 ± 14.7

66.9 ± 14.5

61.5 ± 15.4

63.7 ± 15.1

 ≥65, n (%)

548 (53)

535 (64)

490 (48)

1573 (54)

Body mass index, kg/m2

 Mean ± SD

26.8 ± 4.7

27.0 ± 5.3

25.7 ± 4.9

26.5 ± 5.0

 ≥30, n (%)

210 (20)

178 (21)

155 (15)

543 (19)

 ˂ 30, n (%)

792 (76)

624 (75)

822 (80)

2238 (77)

 Missing

37 (4)

32 (4)

48 (5)

117 (4)

Anaemia status, n (%)

 Anaemic

453 (44)

633 (76)

887 (87)

1973 (68)

 Non-anaemic

479 (46)

177 (21)

84 (8)

740 (26)

 Missing

107 (10)

24 (3)

54 (5)

185 (6)

ESA and/or iron use, n (%)

197 (19)

420 (50)

801 (78)

1418 (49)

Country, n (%)

 France

206 (20)

177 (21)

190 (19)

573 (20)

 Germany

238 (23)

168 (20)

306 (30)

712 (25)

 Italy

214 (21)

161 (19)

190 (19)

565 (20)

 Spain

232 (22)

182 (22)

190 (19)

604 (21)

 UK

149 (14)

146 (18)

149 (15)

149 (15)

Comorbidities, n (%)

 Hypertension

903 (87)

741 (89)

725 (71)

2369 (82)

 SHPT

256 (25)

476 (57)

688 (67)

1420 (49)

 Type 2 diabetes

457 (44)

355 (43)

335 (33)

1147 (40)

 Dyslipidaemia

448 (43)

365 (44)

335 (33)

1148 (40)

Employment status, n (%)

 Employed a

288 (28)

142 (17)

199 (19)

629 (22)

 Retired

535 (51)

511 (61)

539 (53)

1585 (55)

 Other b

216 (21)

181 (22)

287 (28)

684 (24)

  1. Abbreviations: CKD chronic kidney disease, ESA erythropoiesis stimulating agent, SD standard deviation, SHPT secondary hyperparathyroidism
  2. a Full-time, part-time, or self-employed
  3. b Unemployed, homemaker, student, other