Table 1 Characteristics of studies
Study/year | Region | Type of data | Name of database | Period of patient recruitment | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | Sample size (% diabetes) | PD patients with diabetes | HD patients with diabetes | Outcome discussed in diabetic patients | Funding source | Potential COI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kim 2017 | Korea | Registry | Korean HIRA database | 2005–2008 | Patients initiating dialysis and remaining on chronic dialysis for at least 3 months | Younger than 18 years | 32,280 (50.1) | 3996 | 12,190 | All-cause mortality | None | None |
Shen 2016 | Taiwan | Registry | LHID | 2002–2003 | Patients initiating HD or PD | Younger than 18 years or older than 85 years, history of malignancy, incomplete information on age and gender | 15,947 (49.2) | 359 | 7485 | New-onset AF | Yes | None |
Tamayo Isla 2016 | South Africa | Cohort | The Pietersburg Provincial Hospital | 2007–2014 | Patients initiating dialysis and remaining on chronic dialysis for at least 3 months | N.A. | 340 (10.3) | 13 | 22 | All-cause mortality | None | None |
Nesrallah 2016 | USA | Registry | USRDS | 2004–2011 | Patients initiating daily home HD or PD | Younger than 18 years | 78,064 (31.6) | 23,825 | 858 | All-cause mortality | Yes | None |
Lee 2016 | Korea | Cohort | The CRC for ESRD | 2008–2013 | Diabetic ESRD patients initiating HD or PD | Younger than 18 years, history of kidney transplantation, underlying active malignancy or acute infection, expected to survive < 3 months | 902 (100) | 265 | 637 | All-cause mortality | Yes | None |
Marshall 2016 | Australia and New Zealand | Registry | ANZDATA | 1996–2012 | Patients initiating dialysis | Younger than 18 years | 57,738 (41.6) | 7271 | 16,727 | All-cause mortality | Yes | Yes |
Wang 2016 | Taiwan | Registry | NHIRD | 2000–2010 | Patients newly diagnosed with ESRD, undergoing dialysis for 3 months or longer and with a history of stroke prior to dialysis | Under 20 years, with renal transplantation before the index date or with incomplete demographic information | 2857 (70.3) | 648 | 1359 | All-cause mortality | Yes | None |
Waldum-Grevbo 2015 | Norway | Registry | The Norwegian Renal Registry | 2005–2012 | Patients starting dialysis as initial RRT | Younger than 18 years | 3089 (32.1) | 200 | 792 | All-cause mortality | None | None |
Yang 2015 | Singapore | Registry | National University Hospital | 2005–2010 | Patients initiating either HD or PD and surviving the first 90 days of dialysis | Younger than 18 years | 871 (68.7) | 172 | 426 | All-cause mortality | None | Unclear |
Kim 2015 | Korea | Registry | Korean HIRA database | 2005–2008 | Patients initiating dialysis | Patients experiencing MACCE within < 90 days from the date of dialysis initiation, younger than 18 years | 30,279 (48.9) | 3658 | 11,154 | All-cause mortality MACCE | Yes | None |
Marshall 2015 | Australia and New Zealand | Registry | ANZDATA | 1998–2012 | Patients initiating dialysis | Younger than 18 years | 37,123 (43.8) | ? | ? | All-cause mortality | Yes | Yes |
Ryu 2015 | Korea | Registry | Korean HIRA database | 2005–2008 | Patients initiating dialysis | Younger than 18 years or surviving for < 90 days from the date of dialysis initiation | 32,357 (50.1) | ? | ? | All-cause mortality | Yes | None |
Marshall 2014 | Australia and New Zealand | Registry | ANZDATA | 1997–2011 | Patients initiating dialysis | Younger than 18 years | 18,441 (50.1) | 4785 | 4624 | All-cause mortality | Yes | Yes |
Kim 2014 | Korea | Registry | Korean HIRA database | 2005–2008 | Patients initiating dialysis | Patients who survived for < 90 days from the date of dialysis initiation, younger than 18 years | 32,280 (50.1) | 3996 | 12,190 | All-cause mortality | Yes | None |
Heaf 2014 | Denmark | Registry | DNR, LPR | 1990–2010 | Patients initiating PD or HD, and the following data were extracted: patient age, sex, renal diagnosis, initial therapy (PD/HD), therapy at 90 days, and all changes of therapy | N.A. | 12,095 (22.6) | 916 | 1822 | All-cause mortality | None | Yes |
Mircescu 2014 | Romania | Registry | RRR | 2008–2011 | Patients initiating dialysis | Younger than 18 years, patients who received pre-emptive transplantation or kidney transplantation during the first 90 days of RRT, and patients who had recovery of renal function or who were lost to follow-up during the first 90 days of RRT | 9252 (15.5) | 194 | 1246 | All-cause mortality | Unclear | Unclear |