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Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline

From: Changes in body composition of patients undergoing hemodialysis during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a retrospective longitudinal study

 

Before COVID-19 (n = 115)

Age (years)

65.7 ± 11.2

Male (n, %)

72 (62.6)

Dialysis vintage (years)

6 [2–15]

New comorbidity index (points)

6 [4–8]

Primary kidney disease (n, %)

 

 Glomerulonephritis (GN) /cystic kidney disease

39 (33.9)

 Diabetes

35 (30.4)

 Hypertension

11 (9.6)

 Unknown

14 (12.2)

 Others

16 (13.9)

J-CHS (n, %)

 

 Robust

21 (18.3)

 Prefrail

68 (59.1)

 Frail

26 (22.6)

  1. Data for continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation or median [interquartile range]; for categorical variables, as number (percentage) J-CHS Japanese version of the Cardiovascular Health Study