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Table 2 Characteristics of prevalent metropolitan Atlanta hemodialysis patients with index admissions from 2010 to 2014

From: Association of social worker-assessed psychosocial factors with 30-day hospital readmissions among hemodialysis patients

Characteristic

N

Overall

Readmitted (n = 159)

Not readmitted (n = 560)

P*

Patient characteristics

Mean age (SD), years

719

56.1 (14.9)

55.2 (15.4)

56.3 (14.7)

0.4

Male sex, n (%)

719

378 (52.6)

78 (49.1)

300 (53.6)

0.3

Black race, n (%)

718

659 (91.8)

147 (92.5)

512 (91.6)

> 0.9

Medical insurance at dialysis start, n (%)

692

   

0.5

 Medicare

 

122 (17.6)

34 (22.2)

88 (16.3)

 

 Medicaid

 

165 (23.8)

36 (23.5)

129 (23.9)

 

 Private

 

170 (24.6)

34 (22.2)

136 (25.2)

 

 Other

 

63 (9.1)

14 (9.2)

49 (9.1)

 

 None

 

172 (24.9)

35 (22.9)

137 (25.4)

 

Comorbid conditions, n (%)

719

    

 Congestive heart failure

 

244 (33.4)

64 (40.3)

180 (32.1)

0.06

 Hypertension

 

701 (97.5)

155 (97.5)

546 (97.5)

> 0.9

 Diabetes

 

349 (48.5)

79 (49.7)

270 (48.2)

0.7

 Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

 

141 (19.6)

34 (21.4)

107 (19.1)

0.5

Cause of ESRD, n (%)

712

   

0.3

 Hypertension

 

308 (43.3)

49 (30.8)

144 (26.0)

 

 Diabetes

 

193 (27.1)

69 (43.4)

239 (43.2)

 

 Glomerulonephritis

 

73 (10.3)

18 (11.3)

55 (10.0)

 

 Other

 

138 (19.4)

23 (14.5)

115 (20.8)

 

Median duration of ESRD (IQR), years

719

2.1 (0.6–5.9)

1.5 (0.5–5.4)

2.2 (0.7–6.3)

0.1

Index admission characteristics

Median length of stay (IQR), days

719

4 (2–6)

4 (2–8)

3 (2–6)

0.007

Intensive care utilization, n (%)

719

156 (21.7)

42 (26.4)

114 (20.4)

0.1

  1. Characteristics are assessed at index admission unless otherwise noted. ESRD End-stage renal disease, IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation
  2. *By chi-square, t, or rank-sum test, as appropriate