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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in dialysis (n = 142) who were subsequently renal transplanted. During follow up, 35 patients died

From: Is HRQOL in dialysis associated with patient survival or graft function after kidney transplantation?

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Alive n = 107

Deceased n = 35

p-value

Age

46.9 ± 14.5

63.6 ± 10.9

< 0.001

Gender, male %

63.5

78.8

0.10

Time of follow up, months

106 (101–111)

76 (64–85)

< 0.001

Dialysis vintage, months ǂ

7 (4–15)

9 (3–23)

0.32

Peritoneal dialysis, %

23

15

0.31

Waitlisted for RTX, %

68

60

0.40

Living donor, %

29

17

0.17

Hypertension, %

89

85

0.58

Cardiovascular disease, %

11

31

0.005

Charlson comorbidity index

4 (2–6)

6 (5–7)

0.001

Diabetes, %

23

15

0.32

Body mass index, kg/m2

25.4 ± 4.4

25.7 ± 4.2

0.52

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

140 ± 20

148 ± 18

0.02

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

81 ± 12

76 ± 10

0.05

Haemoglobin, g/dL

12.3 ± 1.5

12.1 ± 1.4

0.30

Albumin, mmol/L

39 (38–42)

41 (37–43)

0.53

Cause of end stage renal disease, %

 -Diabetic nephropathy

15

0

0.02

 -Nephrosclerosis

14

32

0.02

 -Glomerulonephritis

33

21

0.52

 -Inherited cystic kidney disease

10

18

0.28

 -Other

27

29

0.82