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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with central venous and hemodialysis catheters *

From: Incidence of catheter-related complications in patients with central venous or hemodialysis catheters: a health care claims database analysis

Characteristic

HD catheters

CVC all

CVC

CVC

n = 5,984

n = 16,721

cancer

no cancer

  

n = 12,531

n = 4,190

Age, years, n (%)

    

  <2

0 (0)

188 (1.2)

66 (0.5)

122 (2.9)

  2–16

115 (1.9)

933 (5.6)

449 (3.6)

484 (11.6)

  17–64

4,052 (67.7)

13,655 (81.7)

10,665 (85.1)

2,990 (71.4)

  ≥65

1,817 (30.4)

1,945 (11.6)

1,351 (10.8)

594 (14.2)

Mean (SD)

56.1 (16.1)

48.1 (16.4)

49.5 (14.4)

43.9 (20.8)

Median (IQR)

57 (46, 68)

50 (41, 58)

51 (43, 58)

47 (32, 58)

Sex, n (%)

    

  Female

2,646 (44.2)

11,281 (67.5)

9,068 (72.4)

2,213 (52.9)

  Male

3,338 (55.8)

5,440 (32.5)

3,463 (27.6)

1,977 (47.2)

Duration of catheter placement,† days, n (%)

  

  1 to <90

3,213 (53.7)

5,060 (30.3)

2,479 (19.8)

2,581 (61.6)

  90 to <180

1,344 (22.5)

4,029 (24.1)

3,498 (27.9)

531 (12.7)

  180 to <365

932 (15.6)

4,811 (28.8)

4,286 (34.2)

525 (12.5)

  ≥365

495 (8.3)

2,821 (16.9)

2,268 (18.1)

553 (13.2)

Mean (SD)

145 (208.5)

219.5 (227.4)

238.8 (214.1)

161.8 (254.6)

Median (IQR)

78 (29, 173)

164 (66, 283)

186 (110, –302)

55 (22, 184)

  1. *Analysis only counted each patient’s first qualifying catheter insertion; †Duration of catheter placement = time from catheter insertion to first qualifying outcome event, catheter replacement or removal, health plan termination, or study end.
  2. CVC, central venous catheter; HD, hemodialysis; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.