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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

From: Machine learning models to predict end-stage kidney disease in chronic kidney disease stage 4

Characteristics

Missing data (%)

Progressed to ESKD (n = 538)

Non-progressed to ESKD

(n = 2,622)

p-value

Demographic

    

Age (years)

0

62 ± 14

70 ± 10

< 0.0001

Female

0

267 (50)

1,428 (55)

 

Race

0

  

< 0.0001

Black

 

86 (16)

315 (12)

 

Hispanic

 

57 (10.6)

263 (10)

 

White

 

156 (29)

1,055 (40.2)

 

Others

 

239 (44.0)

989 (37.7)

 

BMI

20

29.5 [25, 34.5]

28 [25, 33]

0.002

Comorbidities

    

Hypertension

0

404 (75)

1,975 (75)

0.90

Diabetes mellitus

0

277 (52)

1.245 (47)

0.09

Congestive heart failure

0

114 (21)

587 (22)

0.54

Myocardial infarction

0

132 (25)

792 (30)

0.008

Stroke or TIA

0

32 (6)

179 (7)

0.45

Peripheral arterial disease

0

93 (17)

484 (19)

0.52

Cardiovascular disease

0

238 (44)

1,209 (46)

0.42

Arrhythmia

0

74 (13)

552 (21)

< 0.0001

Valvular heart disease

0

43 (8)

282 (11)

0.01

Pulmonary embolism

0

7 (1)

47 (2)

0.42

Pulmonary hypertension

0

17 (4)

90 (4)

0.75

Liver disease

0

62 (12)

322 (12)

0.46

HIV infection

0

0

1 (0.1)

0.65

Solid malignancy

0

48 (9)

492 (19)

< 0.0001

Lymphoma

0

18 (3)

98 (4)

0.80

Anemia

0

44 (8)

222 (9)

0.84

Peptic ulcer

0

7 (1)

59 (2)

0.16

Connective tissue diseases

0

20 (4)

100 (4)

0.92

Psychosis

0

6 (1)

36 (1)

0.63

Depression

0

55 (10)

343 (13)

0.07

RAAS inhibitor

0

206 (38)

1,062 (41)

0.34

Vital signs

    

Systolic blood pressure

0

138 ± 26

132 ± 22

< 0.0001

Diastolic blood pressure

0

75 ± 13

73 ± 12

< 0.0001

Heart rate

6

76 ± 14

75 ± 14

0.13

Respiratory rate

15

17 ± 3

17 ± 3

0.29

Laboratory values

    

BUN

0

47 ± 17

44 ± 17

0.0009

Creatinine

0

2.7 ± 0.6

2.3 ± 0.5

< 0.0001

eGFR

0

23.11 ± 4.46

25.78 ± 3.66

< 0.0001

Hemoglobin

3

11.1 ± 1.7

11.5 ± 1.8

< 0.0001

Hematocrit

3

33 ± 5

35 ± 5

< 0.0001

Sodium

0

140 ± 3

139 ± 4

0.0001

Potassium

0

4.7 ± 1.4

4.7 ± 0.7

0.36

Bicarbonate

0

23 ± 4

24 ± 4

< 0.0001

Calcium

1

9.2 ± 0.7

9.4 ± 0.7

< 0.0001

Phosphate

0

3.9 ± 0.03

3.8 ± 0.7

0.0005

Albumin

3

3.7 ± 0.6

3.9 ± 1.4

0.0009

SGPT

6

17 [13, 25]

17 [13, 25]

0.39

Alkaline phosphatase

7

90 [68,119]

85 [66, 108]

0.02

Total bilirubin

7

0.3 [0.2, 0.5]

0.4 [0.3, 0.6]

0.04

Total cholesterol

25

170 [141, 207]

162 [137, 193]

< 0.0001

LDL

28

91 [69, 1167]

83 [64, 106]

< 0.0001

HDL

28

51 [38, 61]

48 [39, 60]

0.76