From: Thrombocytopenia predicts mortality in Chinese hemodialysis patients- an analysis of the China DOPPS
Variables | All | TP (n = 154) | Non-TP (n = 1215) | P value |
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Demographics | ||||
 Age (years) | 60 (49, 71) | 62 (50, 73) | 60 (49, 71) | 0.46 |
 Males (%) | 54.8 | 53.9 | 54.9 | 0.80 |
 Vintage (years) | 2.6 (0.9, 5.5) | 3.87 (1.3, 7.9) | 2.5 (0.9, 5.2) | < 0.01 |
 BMI | 21.9 ± 3.7 | 21.3 ± 3.4 | 20.0 ± 3.7 | 0.03 |
 Urine output > 200 ml/day (%) | 32.1 | 17.5 | 33.9 | < 0.01 |
 Primary kidney diseases (%) |  |  |  | 0.17 |
 Glomerulonephritis | 39.2 | 43.5 | 38.7 |  |
 Diabetic nephropathy | 23.3 | 16.9 | 24.1 |  |
 Hypertensive nephropathy | 15.4 | 14.3 | 15.6 |  |
 others | 22.1 | 25.3 | 21.7 |  |
Laboratory tests | ||||
 Hgb (g/dl) | 10.5 (9.3, 11.7) | 10.5 (8.9, 11.7) | 10.6 (9.3, 11.7) | 0.98 |
 Alb (g/dl) | 3.9 (3.7, 4.2) | 3.8 (3.6, 4.1) | 4.0 (3.7, 4.2) | 0.04 |
 White blood cells (10^9/L) | 6.0 (4.9, 7.3) | 4.6 (3.8, 5.9) | 6.1 (5.0, 7.4) | < 0.01 |
 Creatine (mg/dl) | 10.1 (8.0, 12.5) | 9.6 (7.6, 11.9) | 10.2 (8.1, 12.5) | 0.07 |
Dialysis prescription | ||||
 spKt/V | 1.4 (1.2, 1.6) | 1.4 (1.2, 1.5) | 1.4 (1.2, 1.6) | 0.54 |
 stdKtv_I | 2.0 ± 0.3 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 2.0 ± 0.4 | 0.27 |
 Dialysis < 3 times /week (%) | 21.0 | 20.1 | 21.1 | 0.83 |
 Intradialytic weight loss (%) | 0.04 (0.03, 0.05) | 0.04 (0.03, 0.05) | 0.04 (0.03, 0.05) | 0.17 |
 Fistula use (%) | 85.0 | 85.7 | 84.9 | 1.00 |
Comorbidities (%) | ||||
 Diabetes | 27.5 | 22.7 | 28.1 | 0.15 |
 Coronary artery disease | 25.3 | 25.3 | 25.3 | 0.92 |
 Congestive heart failure | 24.3 | 26.6 | 24.0 | 0.49 |
 Other cardiovascular disease | 21.3 | 22.7 | 21.1 | 0.68 |
 Cerebrovascular disease | 14.6 | 20.3 | 13.1 | 0.05 |
 Hypertension | 85.7 | 84.4 | 85.8 | 0.38 |
 Peripheral vascular disease | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 0.88 |
 Hepatitis | 13.1 | 27.3 | 11.4 | < 0.01 |
 Lung disease | 5.1 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 0.17 |
 Cancer (non-skin) | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 0.66 |
 GI Bleeding | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.26 |
 Liver cirrhosis | 1.3 | 5.5 | 0.8 | < 0.01 |
 All-cause death | 14.7 | 26.0 | 13.3 | < 0.01 |
 Cardiac/Vascular death | 7.5 | 11.7 | 6.9 | 0.05 |