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Table 4 Patient characteristics: breakdown of total patients and number of patients per facility

From: Questionnaire survey on nutritional supplement therapy and exercise training at hemodialysis facilities in Japan

 

Number of patients (%)

Number of patients per facility, median (IQR)

Rate of patients per facility

(%, mean ± SD)

Total patients

88,492

70 (42–110)

 

 Inpatients

8501 (9.6)

1 (0–9)

 

 Outpatients

79,991 (90.4)

64 (34–104)

 

Patients aged ≥ 65 years (n = 86,361)

54,770 (63.4)

44 (26–69)

(64.3 ± 14.4)

Patients with albumin ≤3.5 g/dL (n = 86,136)

32,331 (37.6)

24 (11–41)

(37.6 ± 20.4)

  1. IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation