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Table 2 Mortality and hospitalisation events and associated rates, stratified by hemodialysis attendance. Events following non-attended sessions are reflected in the columns of subsequent haemodialysis days (e.g. missing Monday’s HD session influences Tuesday and Wednesday’s events)

From: Hospitalization and mortality following non-attendance for hemodialysis according to dialysis day of the week: a European cohort study

Mon/Wed/Fri Schedule

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Non-Attendance rate (%)

0.77

NA

0.96

NA

1.44

NA

NA

Attended Admissions (n)

1866

1314

1409

956

1116

432

557

Attended Admit Rate (annualised)

0.94 (0.90–0.99)

0.66 (0.63–0.70)

0.71 (0.68–0.75)

0.48 (0.45–0.51)

0.57 (0.54–0.60)

0.22 (0.20–0.24)

0.28 (0.26–0.30)

Attended deaths (n)

150

70

111

82

95

67

78

Attended Death Rate (/100 pt. yrs)

7.6 (6.43–8.91)

3.52 (2.74–4.45)

5.63 (4.63–6.78)

4.12 (3.28–5.12)

4.84 (3.91–5.91)

3.39 (2.63–4.31)

3.9 (3.08–4.86)

Attended Days at risk

720,744

726,084

719,809

725,761

716,707

721,293

730,785

Non-Attended Admissions (n)

54

50

37

49

41

38

34

Non-Attended Admit Rate (annualised)

1.95 (1.47–2.54)

3.44 (2.56–4.54)

2.57 (1.81–3.54)

2.67 (1.97–3.53)

2.25 (1.61–3.05)

1.37 (0.97–1.89)

1.23 (0.85–1.72)

Non-Attended deaths (n)

11

13

8

12

8

10

3

Non-Attended Death Rate (/100 pt. yrs)

39.4 (19.7–70.6)

89 (47.4–152.3)

54.9 (23.7–108.3)

65.0 (33.6–113.5)

43.6 (18.8–85.8)

35.9 (17.2–65.9)

10.8 (2.2–31.5)

Non-attended Days at risk

10,107

5300

5264

6707

6655

10,096

10,087

Tue/Thu/Sat Schedule

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Non-Attendance rate (%)

NA

0.58

NA

0.98

NA

1.18

NA

Attended Admissions (n)

1132

1638

1115

1207

781

822

425

Attended Admit Rate (annualised)

0.67 (0.63–0.71)

0.99 (0.94–1.04)

0.66 (0.62–0.7)

0.73 (0.69–0.77)

0.46 (0.43–0.5)

0.5 (0.46–0.53)

0.25 (0.23–0.28)

Attended deaths (n)

106

152

61

83

59

88

40

Attended Death Rate (/100 pt. yrs)

6.28 (5.14–7.6)

9.16 (7.76–10.74)

3.63 (2.78–4.66)

4.99 (3.98–6.19)

3.51 (2.67–4.53)

5.3 (4.25–6.53)

2.39 (1.71–3.26)

Attended Days at risk

615,821

605,425

613,691

606,784

613,588

605,619

610,508

Non-Attended Admissions (n)

43

28

60

25

46

16

26

Non-Attended Admit Rate (annualised)

2.24 (1.62–3.02)

1.46 (0.97–2.12)

6.41 (4.89–8.24)

2.71 (1.76–4.01)

2.88 (2.11–3.84)

1.01 (0.58–1.64)

1.36 (0.89–1.99)

Non-Attended deaths (n)

9

6

13

15

11

7

8

Non-Attended Death Rate (/100 pt. yrs)

46.6 (21.3–88.4)

31.1 (11.4–67.6)

138.4 (73.7–236.6)

159.9 (89.5–263.8)

68.7 (34.3–123)

44 (17.7–90.6)

41.4 (17.9–81.5)

Non-attended Days at risk

7053

7050

3429

3423

5842

5812

7059