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Table 2 Patient characteristics by change in RAASi dose following an HK episode

From: Clinical impact of suboptimal RAASi therapy following an episode of hyperkalemia

 

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Characteristic

N = 5922

N = 3223

N = 650

N = 3023

N = 1591

N = 303

aExcluded from the denominator for non-missing data

Age at index, years

 Mean (SD)

69.5 (12.3)

70.6 (12.4)

68.7 (12.3)

75.5 (11.6)

78.1 (11.2)

76.6 (11.1)

 Median (IQR)

70 (61–79)

72 (62–80)

69 (60–78)

77 (70–84)

79.0 (73–86)

78 (72–85)

Male, n (%)

3135 (52.9)

1669 (51.8)

343 (52.8)

1977 (65.4)

950 (59.7)

199 (65.7)

History of HK, n (%)

2137 (36.1)

1229 (38.1)

224 (34.5)

473 (15.6)

257 (16.2)

42 (13.9)

HK severity at index, n (%)

 > 5.0–5.49

1941 (51.9)

956 (44.0)

212 (47.3)

118 (34.6)

32 (25.8)

< 11 pts

 5.5–5.99

1239 (33.1)

757 (34.8)

138 (30.8)

166 (48.7)

42 (33.9)

14 (56.0)

 ≥ 6

561 (15.0)

462 (21.2)

98 (21.9)

57 (16.7)

50 (40.3)

< 11 pts

 Missinga

2181 (36.8)

1048 (32.5)

202 (31.1)

2682 (88.7)

1467 (92.2)

278 (91.7)

Diabetes at baseline, n (%)

3848 (65.0)

2137 (66.3)

441 (67.8)

1245 (41.2)

699 (43.9)

132 (43.6)

CKD stage at baseline by diagnosis code or by eGFR, n (%)

 3 or 4

4586 (77.4)

2460 (76.3)

460 (70.8)

793 (26.2)

323 (20.3)

63 (20.8)

 3

3601 (60.8)

1829 (56.7)

357 (54.9)

299 (9.9)

115 (7.2)

20 (6.6)

 4

985 (16.6)

631 (19.6)

103 (15.8)

494 (16.3)

208 (13.1)

43 (14.2)

HF at baseline, n (%)

3048 (51.5)

1966 (61.0)

430 (66.2)

2617 (86.6)

1460 (91.8)

278 (91.7)

RAASi at baseline, n (%)

 ACEi

3475 (58.7)

1922 (59.6)

413 (63.5)

658 (21.8)

356 (22.4)

72 (23.8)

 ARB

1895 (32.0)

1051 (32.6)

198 (30.5)

2167 (71.7)

1021 (64.2)

199 (65.7)

 ARNi

283 (4.8)

190 (5.9)

43 (6.6)

18 (0.6)

14 (0.9)

< 11 pts

 MRA

1208 (20.4)

1062 (33.0)

210 (32.3)

730 (24.1)

823 (51.7)

169 (55.8)

  1. ACEi Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB Angiotensin receptor blocker, ARNi Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor, CKD Chronic kidney disease, eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate, HF Heart failure, HK Hyperkalemia, IQR Interquartile range, MRA Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, pts Patients, RAASi Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor, SD Standard deviation