Table 2 Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics between dialysis patients after matching for individual characteristics, major comorbidities, and propensity score stratified by hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD).
Characteristics | Matched samples from national cohort | Matched cross-sectional sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HD | PD | di | HD | PD | di | |
Number of patients | 4285 | 4285 | 179 | 179 | ||
Dialysis duration (month) | 46.5 (29.6) | 46.9 (29.8) | 1.35 | 49.2 (37.7) | 42.2 (37.5) | 18.62 |
Age, Mean (SD) | 54.3 (14.0) | 54.2 (14.1) | 0.71 | 50.5 (12.1) | 49.1 (12.6) | 11.33 |
No (%) 18–34 years | 374 (8.7) | 376 (8.8) | 0.35 | 19 (10.6) | 22 (12.3) | 5.34 |
35–49 years | 1202 (28.0) | 1209 (28.2) | 0.44 | 68 (38.0) | 76 (42.5) | 9.19 |
50–64 years | 1662 (38.8) | 1667 (38.9) | 0.21 | 70 (39.1) | 62 (34.6) | 9.34 |
65–79 years | 877 (20.5) | 863 (20.1) | 0.99 | 21 (11.7) | 16 (8.9) | 9.22 |
≥80 years | 170 (4.0) | 170 (4.0) | 0.00 | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.7) | 10.33 |
Sex (male, %) | 1946 (45.4) | 1946 (45.4) | 0.00 | 88 (49.2) | 88 (49.2) | 0.00 |
No. of married (%) | — | — | — | 131 (73.2) | 129 (72.1) | 2.47 |
Level of education, No (%) | — | |||||
Did not finish school | — | — | 18 (10.1) | 4 (2.2) | 33.34 | |
Elementary school | — | — | 62 (34.6) | 33 (18.4) | 37.34 | |
Junior high school | — | — | 35 (19.6) | 30 (16.8) | 7.26 | |
Senior high school | — | — | 43 (24.0) | 63 (35.2) | 24.72 | |
University and above | — | — | 21 (11.7) | 49 (27.4) | 40.39 | |
Employed, No (%) | — | — | — | 78 (43.58) | 106 (59.22) | 31.68 |
Urbanization status | ||||||
0 (Rural) | 1108 (25.9) | 1108 (25.9) | 0.00 | — | — | — |
1 (Satellite) | 1243 (29.0) | 1243 (29.0) | 0.00 | — | — | |
2 (metropolitan) | 1934 (45.1) | 1934 (45.1) | 0.00 | — | — | |
Comorbidities, No (%) | ||||||
Diabetes mellitus | 1863 (43.5) | 1863 (43.5) | 0.00 | 58 (32.4) | 58 (32.4) | 0.00 |
Hypertension | 3675 (85.8) | 3834 (89.5) | 11.26 | 152 (84.9) | 154 (86.0) | 3.12 |
Cardiovascular disease | 2124 (49.6) | 1982 (46.3) | 6.61 | 28 (15.6) | 28 (15.6) | 0.00 |
Congestive heart failure | 941 (22.0) | 941 (22.0) | 0.00 | — | — | — |
Coronary artery disease | 1255 (29.3) | 1239 (28.9) | 0.88 | — | — | — |
myocardial infarction | 139 (3.2) | 139 (3.2) | 0.00 | — | — | — |
Cardiac dysrhythmias | 605 (14.1) | 567 (13.2) | 2.62 | — | — | — |
Peripheral vascular disease | 544 (12.7) | 401 (9.4) | 10.54 | — | — | — |
Stroke | 497 (11.6) | 497 (11.6) | 0.00 | 3 (1.7) | 3 (1.7) | 0.00 |
Hyperlipidemia | 2001 (46.7) | 2301 (53.7) | 14.03 | 28 (15.6) | 28 (15.6) | 0.00 |
Rheumatological disease | 298 (7.0) | 295 (6.9) | 0.39 | 5 (2.8) | 3 (1.7) | 7.42 |
Chronic liver disease | 967 (22.6) | 967 (22.6) | 0.00 | 24 (13.4) | 24 (13.4) | 0.00 |
