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Table 3 Time-to-dialysis initiation event

From: The burden of hyperkalemia in Germany – a real world evidence study assessing the treatment and costs of hyperkalemia

 

No. of patients with dialysis initiation event

Average length of observation time until dialysis initiation event (in quarters)

n

%

Mean

STD

Median

Min

Max

Patients with outpatient hyperkalemia (cohort 1a*)

118

10.5

1.3

1.2

1.0

0.0

3.0

Patients without hyperkalemia (cohort 2a*)

62

4.8

1.0

1.1

1.0

0.0

3.0

Patients with chronic hyperkalemia (cohort 1b*)

51

8.7

1.0

1.2

1.0

0.0

3.0

Patients without hyperkalemia (cohort 2b*)

28

4.2

0.8

1.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

  1. Note: *refers to the matched cohorts and their respective counterparts