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Table 1 Patient demographics and baseline characteristics

From: Real-world assessment: effectiveness and safety of extended-release calcifediol and other vitamin D therapies for secondary hyperparathyroidism in CKD patients

Variable

Full

(n = 376)

ERC

(n = 174)

AVD

(n = 55)

NVD

(n = 147)

Age, Mean (SD; yrs)

69.5 (13.2)

69.0 (13.2)

71.8 (13.1)

69.3 (13.4)

Male, n (%)

185 (49.2%)

84 (48.3%)

30 (54.5%)

71 (48.3%)

Hispanic, n (%)

42 (11.2%)

27 (15.5%)

4 (7.3%)

11 (7.5%)

Race, n (%)

    

 Caucasian

243 (64.6%)

113 (64.9%)

35 (63.6%)

95 (64.6%)

 African American

75 (19.9%)

34 (19.5%)

10 (18.2%)

31 (21.1%)

 Asian American

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.7%)

 Native American

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.8%)

0 (0%)

 Other

27 (7.2%)

19 (10.9%)

2 (3.6%)

6 (4.1%)

 Not Available

29 (7.7%)

8 (4.6%)

7 (12.7%)

14 (9.5%)

BMI, Mean (SD; kg/m2)

32.8 (15.2)

34.2 (20.7)

29.4 (7.2)

32.4 (7.6)

Primary Insurance Status, n (%)

    

 Commercial

104 (27.7%)

47 (27.0%)

16 (29.1%)

41 (27.9%)

 Medicare

235 (62.5%)

103 (59.2%)

36 (65.5%)

96 (65.3%)

 Medicaid

20 (5.3%)

11 (6.3%)

3 (5.5%)

6 (4.1%)

 Tricare/Other Military or VA

4 (1.1%)

2 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (1.4%)

 Uninsured

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Other

8 (2.1%)

7 (4.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

 Unknown

4 (1.1%)

3 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

Primary Cause of CKD, na (%)

    

 Known cause

n = 113

n = 69

n = 13

n = 31

 Diabetes

44 (38.9%)

30 (43.5%)

2 (15.4%)

12 (38.7%)

 Hypertension

64 (55.6%)

36 (52.2%)

11 (84.6%)

17 (54.8%)

 Other

5 (4.4%)

3 (4.3%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (6.5%)

CKD Stage, n (%)

    

 CKD Stage 3

204 (54.3%)

81 (46.6%)

21 (38.2%)

102 (69.4%)

 CKD Stage 4

172 (45.7%)

93 (53.4%)

34 (61.8%)

45 (30.6%)

Comorbidities, n (%)

    

 Diabetes

194 (51.6%)

90 (51.7%)

29 (52.7%)

75 (51.0%)

 Hypertension

303 (80.6%)

128 (73.6%)

46 (83.6%)

129 (87.8%)

 Anemia

151 (40.2%)

67 (38.5%)

23 (41.8%)

61 (41.5%)

 Heart Failure

48 (12.6%)

14 (8.0%)

10 (18.2%)

24 (16.3%)

 Coronary artery disease

42 (11.2%)

17 (9.8%)

5 (9.1%)

20 (13.6%)

 Angina

3 (0.8%)

1 (0.6%)

1 (1.8%)

1 (0.7%)

 Peripheral vascular disease

7 (1.9%)

3 (1.7%)

1 (1.8%)

3 (2.0%)

 Cerebral vascular disease

4 (1.1%)

3 (1.7%)

1 (1.8%)

0 (0.0%)

 Cancer

4 (1.1%)

3 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

 Hyperlipidemia

132 (35.1%)

48 (27.6%)

16 (29.1%)

68 (46.3%)

 None

50 (13.3%)

39 (22.4%)

4 (7.3%)

7 (4.8%)

Concomitant Medications, n (%)

    

 Phosphate Binders

14 (3.7%)

6 (3.4%)

3 (5.5%)

5 (3.4%)

 Anemia Medications

71 (18.9%)

25 (14.4%)

15 (27.3%)

31 (21.1%)

  1. ERC extended-release calcifediol; AVD active vitamin D analog; NVD nutritional vitamin D; BMI body mass index; CKD chronic kidney disease
  2. aamong those with a known cause