Patients Characteristic

% or Mean ± SD

Demography

Age (years)

84 ± 2.8

Male gender

61.4%

Clinical

Late referral (< 3 months)

35.2%

Karnofsky score ≥ 80

60.2%

Karnosfy score ≤ 40

3.4%

Etiology of ESRD

Vascular disease

17.0%

Diabetic renal disease

23.9%

Other systemic disease

5.7%

Other causes

53.4%

Comorbid conditions

Diabetes

43.2%

Hypertension

86.4%

Heart disease

58.0%

Peripheral vascular disease

22.7%

Lung disease

19.3%

Cerebrovascular disease

26.1%

Osteoarticular pathology

26.1%

Sum of comorbid conditions

0

2.3%

1 to 3

69.4%

≥ 4

28.3%

First hemodialysis

Fistula as the access

59.1%

Emergency hemodialysis

58.0%

Hemodialysis duration (years)

3.75 ± 2.68 (median = 3.14)