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Table 1 Characteristics of nursing home residents on maintenance hemodialysis and healthcare workers

From: Low humoral immune response to the BNT162b2 vaccine against COVID-19 in nursing home residents undergoing hemodialysis: a case–control observational study

 

Nursing home residents (n = 26)

Control group (n = 184)

p value

Age (years)

86 (77–90)

45 (34–55)

< 0.001

Sex (male) (number, %)

10, 38%

52, 28%

0.32

Body mass index (kg/m2)

19.6 (18.0–21.7)

21.7 (19.4–24.6)

0.002

Dialysis vintage (months)

62 (28–119)

NA

 

Diabetes mellitus (number, %)

4, 15%

9, 5%

0.03

Hypertension (%)

21, 81%

13, 7%

< 0.001

History of ischemic heart diseases (number, %)

9, 34%

0, 0%

< 0.001

History of stroke (number, %)

7, 27%

0, 0%

< 0.001

Dementia (number, %)

17, 65%

0, 0%

< 0.001

Mean KT/V

1.55 (1.40–1.83)

NA

 

White blood cell count (/μL)

5185 (4693–6065)

6155 (5310–7180)

< 0.001

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

10.6 (9.9–11.7)

13.5 (12.7–14.6)

< 0.001

Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)

52 (48–67)

13 (11–15)

< 0.001

Creatinine (mg/dL)

6.7 (5.9–7.7)

0.6 (0.5–0.7)

< 0.001

Albumin (g/dL)

3.2 (3.0–3.3)

NA

 
  1. NA not available