作者
Bernard Canaud, Lin Tong, Francesca Tentori, Takashi Akiba, Angelo Karaboyas, Brenda Gillespie, Tadao Akizawa, Ronald L Pisoni, Juergen Bommer, Friedrich K Port
发表日期
2011/7/1
期刊
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
卷号
6
期号
7
页码范围
1651-1662
出版商
LWW
简介
Results
Although participant mean age increased over time in all DOPPS countries, the percentage of elderly varied widely. Overall, comorbidities and malnutrition were more common in the elderly. Fistulae were used less frequently among elderly versus younger patients in Europe and North America but not in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. No difference in treatment time was observed between elderly and younger patients after normalizing for body weight. In all regions, ultrafiltration rates were lower among elderly patients. Elderly patients reported poorer quality of life with respect to the physical but not mental component scores. Mortality risk was three-to sixfold higher in the elderly group, whereas causes of death overall were similar for elderly and younger patients.
Conclusions
Elderly patients represent a different proportion of DOPPS participants across countries, possibly reflecting differences in policies …
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