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.