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Table 1 Characteristics of TICKER and ViKTORIES participants at baseline

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the detection of descending thoracic aorta calcification in patients with end-stage renal disease

Characteristics

ViKTORIES N = 72

TICKER N = 24

Combined N = 96

Age, Mean ± SD* (year)

57.9 ± 8.9

64.7 ± 1.86

59.6 (9.3)

Male sex (%)

45 (62.8)

15 (62.5)

60 (66.7)

White race (%)

70 (97.2)

21 (87.5)

91 (94.8)

Diabetes (%)

18 (25)

11 (45.8)

29 (30.2)

Smoking status (%)

Non-smoker

47 (65.3)

18 (75.0)

65 (67.7)

Ex-smoker

19 (26.4)

5 (20.8)

24 (7.3)

Current smoker

6 (8.3)

1 (4.2)

7 (25.0)

Previous cardiovascular disease

17 (23.6)

11 (45.8)

28 (29.2)

eGFR, mean ± SD (ml/min/1.73 m2)

52.5 ± 21.8

Renal replacement therapy vintage (years)

 Median

7.10

1.96

 Interquartile range

10.48

2.69

  1. *SD denotes standard deviation
  2. Participants were considered to have previous cardiovascular disease if they had one or more of the following: history of ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, coronary revascularisation (including percutaneous coronary intervention and/or coronary artery bypass graft), stroke and/or transient ischaemic attack, and/or peripheral arterial disease
  3. eGFR denotes estimated glomerular filtration rate