Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the CKD patients at St Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa (n = 302)
| Variables | Descriptive statistics |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| Mean (SD), 95% CI | 44.06 (15.31), 42.33–45.79 |
| Age group, n (%) | |
| < 35 years | 88 (29.1) |
| 35–50 years | 131 (43.4) |
| > 50 years | 83 (27.5) |
| Gender (male), n (%) | 167 (55.3) |
| Educational attainment n (%) | |
| No formal schooling | 60 (19.9) |
| Primary level | 20 (6.6) |
| Secondary level | 99 (32.8) |
| University level | 123 (40.7) |
| Marital status n (%) | |
| Married | 190 (62.9) |
| Single | 72 (23.8) |
| Divorced/widowed/separated | 40 (13.2) |
| Occupation n (%) | |
| Farmer/labor | 101 (33.5) |
| Own business | 63 (20.8) |
| Professional/Clerical | 59 (19.5) |
| Unemployed/retired | 79 (26.2) |
| Smoking habit (yes), n (%) | 59 (19.5) |
| Alcohol habit (yes), n (%) | 97 (32.1) |
| BMI | |
| Mean (SD) | 23.66 (3.48) |
| Median (IQR) | 23.68 (20.88, 25.55) |
| Family income/month in ETB | |
| Mean (SD) | 5340.5 (1526) |
| Median (IQR) | 4200 (2675, 6500) |
| Family income/month in ETB, n (%) | |
| < 5000 ETB | 167 (55.3) |
| 5000–10,000 ETB | 103 (34.1) |
| > 10,000 ETB | 32 (10.6) |
ETB – Ethiopian birr, SD – Standard deviation, IQR – Inter-quartile range, CI – Confidence interval