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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the cohort

From: Lifetime risk of severe kidney disease in lithium-treated patients: a retrospective study

Categorical variables

Category

Frequency

Percent

Sex

   
 

0 (Men)

931

39.1

 

1 (Women)

1450

60.9

Start age

   
 

0 (18–34 years)

625

26.2

 

1 (35–44 years)

521

21.9

 

2 (45–54 years)

488

20.5

 

3 (55–64 years)

382

16.0

 

4 (65–74 years)

256

10.8

 

5 (≥ 75 years)

109

4.6

Start creatinine

   
 

0 (lower third)

1128

47.4

 

1 (middle third)

974

40.9

 

2 (upper third)

279

11.7

CKD4 + 

 

103

4.3

RRT

 

15

0.6

Competing deaths

 

499

21.0

Deaths treated as censorings

 

385

16,2