Table 3 Patient characteristics with chronic kidney disease (CKD) treated with hemodialysis in the ePROMs study

Patients n (%)

173 (100)

72 (41.6)

44 (25.4)

57 (33)

Age mean (±SD)

66.2 ± 14.4

71.8

58.7

64.5

< 0.001

Gender (Male) n(%)

117 (68)

50 (69)

31 (70)

36 (63)

0.674

Dialysis

Duration in months mean (median)

48.9 (31)

35 (26.5)

62.9 (30)

56.9 (38)

0.107

Self dialysis unit (%)

67

44

61

100

< 0.001

Duration of session

11.5 ± 1.4

11.1 ± 1.5

12

11.6 ± 0.6

0.001

Number of sessions per week

3.1 ± 0.6

3 ± 0.5

3.2 ± 0.6

3.20.6

0.011

BMI n (%)

< 18

10 (6)

4 (5,6)

4 (10)

2 (3,6)

0.01

18–25

73 (44)

22 (30,6)

22 (58)

29 (52,8)

> 25

82 (50)

46 (64)

12 (32)

24 (43,6)

Comorbidities %

Undernutrition

16

21

22

5

0.029

Diabetes

28

43

16

16

< 0.001

Cerebrovascular disease

6

10

6

2

0.162

Coronary artery disease

34

48

18

28

0.004

Peripheral artery disease

22

32

5

19

0.005

Congestive heart failure

34

45

13

35

< 0.001

Cancer

28

46

24

11

< 0.001

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

Mean (±SD)

11.26 ± 1.1

10.99 ± 1.33

11.60 ± 0.75

11.41 ± 0.95

< 0.001

< 10

14 (8)

13 (18)

0 (0)

1 (2)

10 to 12

117 (70)

48 (67)

25 (66)

44 (77)

> 12

36 (22)

11 (15)

13 (34)

12 (21)

Albumin (g/dL)

Mean (±SD)

39.6 ± 5.9

39.2 ± 3.8

39.7 ± 3.9

40.2 ± 2.9

0.004

≤35

21 (13)

14 (19)

6 (16)

1 (2)

0.009

> 35

146 (87)

58 (81)

32 (84)

56 (98)

Single-pool Kt/V

Mean (±SD)

1.44 ± 0.34

1.59 ± 0.37

1.09 ± 0.21

1.22 ± 0.25

< 0.001

≤1.2

48 (29)

12 (17)

3 (8)

33 (58)

< 0.001

> 1.2

118 (71)

60 (83)

34 (92)

24 (42)