Table 1 Cohort creation and distribution of follow-up time
From: Comparative effectiveness of home dialysis therapies: a matched cohort study
Criterion or variable | Daily home HD | Home PD |
|---|---|---|
Patients age ≥18 years, n | 4509 | 208,086 |
Exclusions, n (%) | ||
 Not in the time windowa | 1067 (23.7) | 119,974 (57.7) |
 Nonindependent living | 166 (3.7) | 4355 (2.1) |
 Missing race | 0 (0) | 47 (0) |
 Missing comorbidity | 0 (0) | 8 (0) |
 Missing weight | 55 (1.2) | 6910 (3.3) |
 Albumin <1.0 or Hgb <5 | 25 (0.6) | 754 (0.4) |
 Prior transplants >2 | 3 (0.1) | 49 (0) |
 Follow-up <30 days | 51 (1.1) | 1067 (0.5) |
 Total excluded | 1367 (30.3) | 133,164 (64.0) |
Eligible, n (%) | 3142 (69.7) | 74,922 (36.0) |
Matched,b n (%) | 2668 (80.0) | 2668 (3.6) |
Follow-up time (years) | ||
 Mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.3) | 2.0 (1.4) |
 Median (IQR) | 1.7 (0.8–2.8) | 1.7 (0.9–2.9) |
 Range | 0.1–6.5 | 0.1–7.2 |