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Although efforts to mitigate sex-based differences have been attempted, significant disparities still exist.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This retrospective cohort study included all 1247 prevalent haemodialysis patients in DaVita units in Portugal (five dialysis centres, n\u2009=\u2009730) and Poland (seven centres, n\u2009=\u2009517). Demographic data, dialysis practice patterns, vascular access prevalence and the achievement of a variety of Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) treatment targets were evaluated in relation to gender and age groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Body weight and the prescribed dialysis blood flow rate were lower in women (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), whereas treated blood volume per kilogram per session was higher (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01), resulting in higher single-pool Kt\/V in women than in men (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Haemoglobin was significantly higher in men (P\u2009=\u20090.01), but the proportion of patients within target range (10\u201312\u2009g\/dL) was similar. Men more often had an arteriovenous fistula than women (80% versus 73%; P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) with a similar percentage of central venous catheters. There were no gender-specific differences in terms of dialysis adequacy, anaemia parameters or mineral and bone disorder parameters, or in the attainment of KDIGO targets between women and men &amp;gt;80\u2009years of age.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This large, multicentre real-world analysis indicates that haemodialysis practices and treatment targets are similar for women and men, including the most elderly, in DaVita haemodialysis clinics in Europe.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ckj\/sfz069","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,6]],"date-time":"2019-05-06T15:37:16Z","timestamp":1557157036000},"page":"217-224","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Influence of gender and age on haemodialysis practices: a European multicentre analysis"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Andr\u00e9","family":"Weigert","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, 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