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Table 2 Demographics of patients included in this retrospective analysis of this quality initiative (as-treated cohort) and the propensity score matched control cohort

From: Effects of dialysate to serum sodium (Na+) alignment in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients: retrospective cohort study from a quality improvement project

As-Treated Cohort

Aligned (137 patients)

Not-Aligned (137 patients)

P (aligned vs. not aligned)

Age [years]

68.41+/−14.53

66.59+/−14.74

0.31

Hemodialysis vintage [years]*

3.2 [1.4 to 5.6]

3.0 [1.2 to 6.6]

0.66

Male gender [yes/no]

51.82%

54.01%

0.81

Catheter [yes/no]

19.71%

16.79%

0.64

White Race [yes/no]

60.58%

56.93%

0.62

Diabetes [yes/no]

63.5%

64.96%

0.9

Hispanic Ethnicity [yes/no]

6.57%

3.65%

0.41

Interdialytic weight gain (% of post-dialysis body weight)

2.52+/−0.86

2.64+/− 0.92

0.26

Pre-dialysis systolic blood pressure [mmHg]

143.42+/−21.27

146.94+/−20.88

0.17

Serum Sodium [mEq/L]

135.65+/−1.6

135.4+/−2.94

0.38

Patients with at least 1 hospitalization [yes/no]

31.39%

35.77%

0.52

  1. *Data presented as median [25th to 75th percentile]; group comparison by non-parametric testing