Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of 273 primary care patients with CKD

Female gender, n (%)

159 (58.2)

Age in years, median (IQR)

85.00 (75.0–90.0)

Estimated glomerular filtration rate in ml/min/1.73m² (eGFR), median (IQR)

48.0 (39.0–53.0)

Number of other comorbidities and previous thrombotic or vascular events per patient, median (IQR)

4.0 (3.0–5.0)

 Comorbidity or previous thrombotic/vascular event, n (%)

 Hypertension

244 (89.4)

 Dyslipidaemia

168 (61.5)

 Depression/anxiety

110 (40.3)

 Diabetes mellitus (type 1 or 2)

109 (39.9)

 Osteoporosis

79 (28.9)

 Obesity

76 (27.8)

 Atrial fibrillation

65 (23.8)

 Cardiac insufficiency/aortic aneurysm

61 (22.3)

 Cancer

61 (22.3)

 Previous heart attack/unstable angina/venous or pulmonary thromboembolism

52 (19.0)

 Chronic obstructive lung disease/asthma

46 (16.8)

 Previous ischemic stroke

37 (13.6)

 Neurodegenerative disease/dementia

36 (13.2)

 Chronic hepatitis B or C

12 (4.4)

Patients according to severity of eGFR category, n (%)

 G3A (45–59 ml/min/1.73m²)

162 (59.3)

 G3B (30–44 ml/min/1.73m²)

78 (28.6)

 G4 (15–29 ml/min/1.73m²)

28 (10.3)

 G5 (< 15 ml/min/1.73m²)

5 (1.8)

 Dialysis, n (%)

1 (0.4)

Chronic kidney failure not reported as an active problem in the clinical record, n (%)

59 (21.6)

Number of prescribed drugs per patient, mean ± SD

8.8 ± 3.9