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Table 1 Main characteristics of the included studies

From: Risk factors for mortality in elderly haemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Country

Sample size

Mean age

Follow-up (year)

Percentage male(%)

survival

Risk factors

Definition of aging

NOS score

Kutner 1994 [9]

USA

287

69

3

51

24% of men,49% of women

Age,Sex, race, DM, CVD, Functional status

≥60ys

8

Jassal 1996 [10]

Ireland

53

72.6

1

66

46.3%

Age, Alb, P

≥65ys

8

Kutner 2001 [11]

USA

349

68.8 ± 6

11

49.5

–

Age,BMI, CVD

≥60ys

8

Kurella 2006 [12]

USA

16,694

60 ± 15

–

57

–

dementia

–

7

O’Hare2007 [12]

USA

1949

–

3.2

–

–

Age,eGFR

≥65ys

8

Li M 2008 [13]

Canada

162

74.7

4

57

32.7 months

Falls

≥65ys

7

Canaud 2011 [14]

France

8161

–

2

54.2

3.3 years

Age

≥75ys

9

Balogun 2011 [15]

USA

77

–

5

–

3-year Survival38.5%

GDS-15

≥75ys

7

Farrokhi 2013 [16]

Canada

167

74.8 ± 5.9

5

57

54.4%

Functional impairment

≥65ys

7

Kim 2013 [17]

Korea

290

79.1 ± 3.6

7.5

55.6

5-year Survival 53.1%

BP

≥75ys

8

Praga 2013 [18]

Germany

1841

79.3 ± 3.4

5

–

15%

Vascular access, Gender, BMI, CHD, Stroke, HF, PVD, DM

≥75ys

9

Hatakeyam 2013 [19]

Japan

141

84.2 ± 3.1

25

51.8

–

Age, CVD, DM, BP, BMI, Hb, BUN, eGFR, Alb, P, K,Ca

≥80ys

7

Oliva 2013 [20]

Spain

704

79.3 ± 3

3

55

Mean survival 35 months

BMI, Vascular access, BP, CHF, CRP, Alb, Kt/V and time of dialysis session

≥75ys

8

Lin 2013 [21]

Taiwan

10,759

79.9 ± 3.9

9

47

–

age,sex, CCI

≥75ys

7

Glaudet 2013 [22]

France

557

–

4

56.2

65.2%

dialysis initiation, DM, HF, impaired mobility,eGFR

≥75ys

7

Crews 2014 [23]

USA

84,654

76.7 ± 6.3

2

58,.7

40.2%

dialysis initiation timing

≥67ys

8

Zingerman 2014 [24]

Israel

29

88 ± 3

8

66

5-year Survival20%

Alb,Weekly HDx treatment time

>84ys

6

Zhang 2014 [25]

Canada

23,066

–

10

–

5-year Survival 48.6%

age, Vascular access, CCI, BMI, Hb, Alb, Egfr

≥65ys

7

Bowling 2015 [26]

USA

27,913

81.7

6

44.7

12%

Frailty

≥75ys

8

Seckinger 2016 [27]

Germany

796

80.2 ± 3.9

2

–

–

age, BMI,CCI, Hb,FACT-An score,CVD

≥65ys

6

Park 2017 [28]

Korea

665

71.7 ± 5.3

7

60.2

28.3%

Early dialysis initiation

≥65ys

8

Feng 2017 [29]

Singapore

1372

–

3

67.9

–

Early initiation of dialysis

≥65ys

7

Lee 2017 [30]

Korea

46

71.5

1

63

–

Frailty

≥65ys

7

TuÄŸcu 2018 [19]

Turkey

99

75 ± 7

4

47.6

47.5%

Age, ECOGS

> 65 ys

6

Hall 2018 [31]

USA

3500

80.5

2

50.1

71.9%

KDQOL-36

≥75ys

8

Naka 2018 [32]

Japan

118

85.5

1

18

88%

traditional risk factors,comorbidity index,frailty

≥70ys

7

Bowling 2018 [33]

NC

81,653

76.8 ± 6.5

1

52.8

73.9%

falls

≥67ys

7

van Loon 2019 [18]

Netherlands

196

75 ± 7

1

67

85%

geriatric assessment

≥65ys

8