Table 1 Patient characteristics^b

Age, years

66.8 (14.5)

67.2 (12.9)

67.0 (13.7)

 Female

73 (37.1)

64 (31.4)

137 (34.2)

 Male

124 (62.9)

140 (68.6)

264 (65.8)

Dry body weight, kg

68.6 (13.9)

74.1 (15.3)

71.4 (14.8)

Body mass index^a, kg/m²

25.1 (4.1)

27.1 (6.2)

26.2 (5.4)

CCI^b

4.2 (2.1)

4.2 (2.0)

4.2 (2.0)

Age-adjusted CCI^b,c

6.7 (2.8)

6.7 (2.6)

6.7 (2.7)

 Myocardial infarction

24 (12.2)

25 (12.3)

49 (12.2)

 Congestive heart failure

13 (6.6)

12 (5.9)

25 (6.2)

 Peripheral vascular disease

72 (36.5)

74 (36.3)

146 (36.4)

 Cerebrovascular disease

29 (14.7)

31 (15.2)

60 (15.0)

 Dementia

10 (5.1)

8 (3.9)

18 (4.5)

 Chronic pulmonary disease

19 (9.6)

21 (10.3)

40 (10.0)

 Rheumatic disease

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

2 (0.5)

 Peptic ulcer disease

5 (2.5)

10 (4.9)

15 (3.7)

 Mild liver disease

35 (17.8)

11 (5.4)

46 (11.5)

 Moderate or severe liver disease

2 (1.0)

2 (1.0)

4 (1.0)

 Diabetes with chronic complication

47 (23.9)

74 (36.3)

121 (30.2)

 Hemiplegia or paraplegia

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

2 (0.5)

 Renal disease

197 (100.0)

204 (100.0)

401 (100.0)

 Any malignancy (except malignant skin neoplasms)

41 (20.8)

42 (20.6)

83 (20.7)

 Metastatic solid tumor

5 (2.5)

2 (1.0)

7 (1.7)

 HIV/AIDS

2 (1.0)

1 (0.5)

3 (0.7)

Hypertension^d

84 (42.6)

63 (30.9)

147 (36.7)

Dialysis vintage^e

70.3 (74.0)

0.2 (0.2)

34.6 (62.6)