Table 1.
Characteristics | % (n) |
---|---|
Age, yr, mean (SD) | 68.16 (14.4) |
Sex (male) | 54.1 |
Type of treatment | |
Predialysis | 40.8 (238) |
HD | 38.0 (222) |
PD | 12.5 (73) |
Transplant | 8.7 (51) |
Months on dialysis (HD and PD only) | 27.3 (22.1) |
Marital Status | |
Married | 59.8 |
Single, separated, divorced, widowed | 40.2 |
Education | |
Less than high school | 31.5 |
High school | 31.3 |
Trade school/technical college | 21.9 |
University | 8.8 |
Graduate/postgraduate | 6.5 |
First language English | 80.0 |
Race | |
White | 80.5 |
Aboriginal | 7.2 |
Asian | 8.1 |
African | 1.4 |
Other | 2.4 |
HD, hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis.