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Table 2 Characteristics of HD patients who died or survived any time after COVID-19 presentation

From: Predictors of shorter- and longer-term mortality after COVID-19 presentation among dialysis patients: parallel use of machine learning models in Latin and North American countries

 

Latin America

North America

 

Mean ± SD or N (%)

Mean ± SD or N (%)

Parameter

Died anytime

Survived

Died anytime

Survived

Demographics

 Age (years)

66 ± 11.5

57.5 ± 15.3

68.94 ± 12.44

61.96 ± 13.91

 Male

644 (63.6)

1495 (60.1)

2510 (56.7)

9343 (54.3)

 BMI (Kg/m^2)

26.5 ± 5.9

26.2 ± 5.9

29.1 ± 8.8

30.1 ± 8.8

 Vintage (years)

5.23 ± 4.9

5.18 ± 4.8

4.54 ± 4.07

3.93 ± 4.07

Catheter exposure

 > 90 days

264 (26.3)

430 (17.5)

999 (22.6)

3592 (20.9)

 > 120 days

208 (20.7)

326 (13.3)

983 (22.2)

3538 (20.6)

 > 180 days

199 (19.8)

301 (12.2)

949 (21.4)

3452 (20.1)

Cause of kidney failure

 Diabetic nephropathy

263 (26.4)

481 (19.6)

2432 (54.9)

9295 (54.0)

 Hypertensive nephrosclerosis

114 (11.4)

270 (11)

1076 (24.3)

4835 (28.1)

 Other

619 (62.1)

1705 (69.4)

915 (20.7)

3043 (17.7)

Comorbidities

 Diabetes

366 (37.9)

645 (27.2)

3454 (78.0)

12,471 (72.5)

 Hypertension

376 (39)

1032 (43.5)

3074 (69.5)

11,518 (67.0)

 Heart failure

8 (0.8)

11 (0.4)

1093 (24.7)

3201 (18.6)

 Ischemic heart disease

5 (0.5)

24 (1.0)

1098 (24.8)

3174 (18.5)

 Cancer

9 (0.9)

22 (0.9)

250 (5.6)

610 (3.5)

 COPD

4 (0.4)

14 (0.6)

515 (11.6)

1504 (8.7)

 Liver disease

4 (0.4)

17 (0.7)

530 (12.0)

1770 (10.3)

Country

 Argentina

382

1021

  

 Colombia

340

822

  

 Ecuador

279

629

  

 United States

  

4426

17,198

  1. P-values for univariate comparison of died versus survived (reference) are shown with bold font representing p < 0.05. All patient characteristics presented as of the COVID-19 presentation date