Table 1 Patients´ characteristics
From: Risk factors for catheter-related infections in patients receiving permanent dialysis catheter
Characteristic | CRI | No-CRI | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Total number of patients (female; male: n = 55; 75) | 10;11 | 45;64 | 0.59 |
Total number of implanted dialysis catheters (in female; male: n = 68; 83) | 13;14 | 55;69 | 0.72 |
Age (years) | 69.1 ± 8.4 | 68.7 ± 13.6 | 0.90 |
Acute or acute on chronic renal injury (n = 93 [71.5%]) | 16 | 77 | 0.78 |
Prior dialysis dependency (n = 24 [18.5%]) | 4 | 20 | 1.00 |
Underlying diseases | |||
 Diabetic nephropathy (n = 46 [35.4%]) | 9 | 37 | 0.45 |
 Hypertensive nephrosclerosis (n = 33 [25.4%] | 5 | 28 | 1.00 |
 Glomerulonephritis (n = 16 [12.3%]) | 3 | 13 | 0.72 |
 Post-operative acute renal injury (n = 12 [9.2%]) | 0 | 12 | 0.21 |
 Cardio-renal syndrome (n = 7 [5.4%]) | 3 | 4 | 0.08 |
 Unknown etiology (n = 17 [13.1%]) | 4 | 13 | 0.76 |
 Others * (n = 25 [19.2%]) | 3 | 22 | 0.76 |
Relevant concomitant diseases | |||
 Diabetes mellitus (n = 62 [47.7%]) | 11 | 51 | 0.64 |
 Congestive heart failure (n = 82 [63.1%]) | 18 | 64 | 0.03 |
 Coronary artery disease (n = 68 [52.3%]) | 12 | 56 | 0.64 |
 Arterial hypertension (n = 118 [90.8%]) | 21 | 97 | 0.21 |
 COPD (n = 19 [14.6%]) | 4 | 15 | 0.51 |
Relevant treatment | |||
 Immunosuppression (n = 15 [11.5%]) | 3 | 12 | 0.71 |