Figures & data
Figure 1. Calendar year of birth of BEN patients treated by HD. Number of patients in brackets.
Figure 2. Calendar year of the first HD in BEN patients.
Figure 3. Mean age at the start of HD from 1974 to 2003, in groups of five years. Black circles: BEN patients, white circles: other kidney disease.
Figure 4. Age at the start of HD in the population of natives, emigrants, and immigrants to the endemic region. Median age at the top of column.
Figure 5. Calendar year of the first HD (five-year groups from 1974) and survival. Black circles: BEN patients; white circles: other kidney disease. *BEN vs. control, p < 0.05.
Figure 6. Kaplan-Meir analysis of BEN male and female patients' survival on HD.
Figure 7. Kaplan-Meir analysis of BEN and control (other kidney disease) patients' survival on HD.
