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. 2023 Jul 24;24:219. doi: 10.1186/s12882-023-03267-2

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the Divers cohort

Anxietya Depressionb
All No Yes No Yes
n = 687 n = 395 n = 113 n = 305 n = 228
Demographic
Age (years) 64 ± 15 65 ± 15 62 ± 14 65 ± 16 64 ± 14
Male 424 (62%) 249 (63%) 71 (63%) 208 (68%) 143 (63%)

Ethnicity (% immigrant)

. European

. Sub-Saharan

. North-Africa/Western Asia

. South/South-East. Asia

. South America/Caribbean

300 (47.8%)

366 (58%)

22 (4%)

54 (9%)

57 (9%)

131 (21%)

163 (43%)

244 (64%)

13 (3%)

19 (5%)

33 (9%)

75 (20%)

67 (61%)

45 (41%)

2 (2%)

17 (16%)

14 (13%)

32 (29%)

124 (40.7%)

193 (65%)

15 (5%)

17 (6%)

24 (8%)

50 (17%)

123 (56%)

109 (49%)

5 (2%)

21 (10%)

24 (11%)

62 (28%)

Social
Married 316 (52%) 207 (52%) 55 (49%) 172 (57%) 114 (50%)
Has children 474 (78%) 306 (78%) 87 (78%) 233 (77%) 179 (79%)
Low formal education 332 (56.7%) 201 (51%) 70 (64%) 151 (51%) 133 (60%)

Religion

. None

. Christian

. Islamic

. Hinduism

. Other

220 (37%)

213 (36%)

99 (17%)

44 (7%)

21 (4%)

159 (41%)

144 (37%)

48 (12%)

24 (6%)

13 (3%)

32 (29%)

32 (29%)

33 (30%)

12 (11%)

3 (3%)

123 (41%)

115 (38%)

38 (13%)

18 (6%)

7 (2%)

76 (34%)

75 (33%)

46 (20%)

21 (9%)

8 (4%)

Not employed 534 (89%) 336 (86%) 107 (95%) 258 (85%) 207 (91%)
Renal and Dialysis
Incident Patient 240 (36%) 154 (39%) 34 (30%) 122 (40%) 77 (34%)
Dialysis vintage (months) 13 [4–47] 11 [4–45] 28 [5–57] 8 [4–39] 15 [4–48]

Treatment modality:

. Hemodialysis

. Peritoneal dialysis

601 (88%)

84 (12%)

344 (87%)

51 (13%)

101 (89%)

12 (11%)

274 (89%)

34 (11%)

198 (87%)

30 (13%)

Primary kidney disease:

. Diabetic Nephropathy

. Renal vascular disease

. Glomerulonephritis

. Other

155 (24%)

163 (26%)

70 (11%)

247 (39%)

82 (23%)

100 (28%)

40 (10%)

140 (39%)

38 (36%)

18 (17%)

11 (10%)

40 (37%)

56 (20%)

71 (26%)

35 (13%)

115 (42%)

65 (30%)

50 (23%)

22 (10%)

79 (37%)

On waiting list for Tx:

. Yes

. No, for medical reasons

. No, by patient preference

203 (30%)

436 (64%)

46 (7%)

126 (32%)

245 (62%)

24 (6%)

30 (27%)

72 (64%)

11 (10%)

104 (34%)

179 (59%)

22 (7%)

69 (30%)

148 (65%)

11 (5%)

Clinical
Current smoking 108 (18%) 68 (18%) 23 (21%) 53 (18%) 48 (21%)
Current alcohol use 161 (27%) 110 (28%) 27 (24%) 94 (31%) 53 (24%)

Davies comorbidity score:

. None

. Intermediate

. Severe

183 (27%)

370 (55%)

119 (18%)

109 (29%)

212 (55%)

62 (16%)

24 (21%)

58 (52%)

30 (27%)

90 (31%)

156 (53%)

49 (17%)

51 (23%)

133 (59%)

43 (19%)

Diabetes mellitus 288 (42%) 158 (40%) 58 (52%) 117 (38%) 123 (54%)
Ischemic heart disease 190 (28%) 97 (25%) 41 (36.4%) 77 (26%) 71 (31%)
Peripheral vascular disease 168 (25%) 99 (26%) 27 (24%) 65 (22%) 60 (26%)
Mental health:
Previous depression 27 (4%) 12 (3%) 6 (5%) 9 (3%) 12 (5%)
Antidepressant use 65 (10%) 28 (7%) 15 (13%) 22 (7%) 28 (12%)

Depression:

. BDI Score

. BDI ≥ 13

. Suicidal thoughts (item 9)*

12.9 ± 9.6

228 (33%)

64 (11%)

9.9 ± 7.4

110 (30%)

30 (8%)

22.7 ± 10.4

80 (83%)

23 (21%)

6.4 ± 3.4

-

6 (2%)

21.6 ± 8.1

-

51 (22%)

Anxiety:

. BAI Score

. BAI ≥ 16

10.3 ± 10.1

113 (22%)

6.0 ± 4.5

-

25.4 ± 9.5

-

5.6 ± 6.0

16 (6%)

16.3 ± 10.9

80 (42%)

Quality of Life:

. Physical component score

. Mental component score

38.1 ± 11.1

48.9 ± 10.8

38.2 ± 10.5

50.9 ± 9.5

33.0 ± 10.1

40.0 ± 11.3

40.3 ± 10.4

52.0 ± 8.5

32.9 ± 9.4

41.8 ± 11.0

Values are presented as mean +/- SD, median [IQR] or frequency (percentage).

a The presence of depression is defined as a BDI score ≥ 13

b The presence of anxiety is defined as a BAI score ≥ 16

* Using a grouping variable based on item 9 of the BDI: When patients scored a 1 or higher, they were dichotomized into the group with suicidal thoughts.