Table 1.
Characteristics of patients on hemodialysis by food insecurity and housing instability
| Sample Characteristic | Total Samplea No. (%) |
Food Security | Housing Instability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High No. (%)b |
Marginal, Low, or Very Low No. (%) |
Negative Screen No. (%) |
Positive Screen No. (%) |
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| Total sample | 305 | 188 (64) | 105 (36) | 246 (82) | 54 (18) |
| Age group (yr) | |||||
| 67–86 | 98 (33) | 75 (77) | 22 (23) | 85 (89) | 10 (11) |
| 55–66 | 99 (33) | 60 (65) | 32 (35) | 77 (79) | 21 (21) |
| 27–54 | 99 (33) | 52 (54) | 45 (47) | 80 (81) | 19 (19) |
| Sex c | |||||
| Female | 127 (42) | 86 (70) | 37 (30) | 103 (82) | 22 (18) |
| Male | 173 (58) | 100 (60) | 66 (40) | 140 (82) | 30 (18) |
| Race | |||||
| White | 55 (19) | 39 (72) | 15 (28) | 48 (87) | 7 (13) |
| Black | 213 (73) | 128 (62) | 77 (38) | 171 (82) | 8 (18) |
| Asian, AIAN, NHPI, or >1 race | 25 (8) | 15 (68) | 7 (32) | 18 (75) | 6 (25) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic | 280 (94) | 178 (66) | 93 (34) | 227 (83) | 48 (17) |
| Hispanic | 17 (6) | 6 (40) | 9 (60) | 12 (71) | 5 (29) |
| Income | |||||
| ≥$25,000/yr | 91 (45) | 73 (84) | 14 (16) | 79 (88) | 11 (12) |
| <$25,000/yr | 109 (55) | 57 (53) | 50 (47) | 82 (77) | 25 (23) |
| Financial strain | |||||
| Some money left over | 100 (39) | 84 (84) | 16 (16) | 93 (93) | 7 (7) |
| Just enough to make ends meet | 88 (35) | 55 (65) | 30 (35) | 74 (84) | 14 (16) |
| Not enough to make ends meet | 67 (26) | 22 (35) | 40 (65) | 41 (63) | 24 (37) |
| Education level | |||||
| Post-high school | 61 (20) | 74 (68) | 35 (32) | 98 (89) | 12 (11) |
| High school | 131 (43) | 89 (69) | 40 (31) | 105 (80) | 26 (20) |
| Less than high school | 113 (37) | 25 (45) | 30 (55) | 43 (73) | 16 (27) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Cohabitating or married | 105 (36) | 74 (73) | 28 (27) | 90 (87) | 14 (13) |
| Divorced, widowed, or separated | 97 (33) | 54 (56) | 42 (44) | 77 (80) | 19 (20) |
| Never married | 90 (31) | 54 (64) | 31 (36) | 70 (80) | 18 (20) |
AIAN, American Indian and Alaska Native; NHPI, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander.
a
Cell totals may not add to event total because of missing sample characteristics data.
b
All percentages correspond to row totals.
c
We report gender subgroups with >10 participants.