Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Participants |
Difference between PD and HD participants |
Non-participants |
Difference between participants and non-participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD (n = 70) | HD (n = 70) | P-value | PD (n = 18) | HD (n = 28) | P-value
PD/HD |
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| Demography | |||||||
| Mean age years (SD) | 73.1 (5.5) | 73.4 (5.1) | 0.812a | 73.8 (5.6) | 73.5 (5.5) | 0.611/0.972c | |
| 65–69 years, n | 21 (30%) | 21 (30%) | 5 (28%) | 7 (25%) | |||
| 70–79 years, n | 41 (59%) | 41 (59%) | 10 (56%) | 17 (61%) | |||
| 80–89 years, n | 8 (11%) | 8 (11%) | 3 (17%) | 4 (14%) | |||
| Male sex, n | 49 (70%) | 49 (70%) | 1.000b | 6 (33%) | 17 (61%) | 0.004/0.376b | |
| Non-Caucasian, n | 3 (4%) | 7 (10%) | 0.189b | 5 (28%) | 3 (11%) | 0.002/0.916b | |
| Mean index of deprivation (SD) | 13.7 (11.3) | 13.7 (8.7) | 0.476c | – | – | – | |
| Mean years of education (SD) | 11.7 (3.5) | 11.7 (3.6) | 0.983c | – | – | – | |
| Living alone, n | 16 (23%) | 18 (26%) | 0.321b | – | – | – | |
| Mean social network score (SD) | 15.2 (4.4) | 14.9 (4.0) | 0.630a | ||||
| Mean time on dialysis months (SD) | 30.5 (28.3) | 31.4 (26.5) | 0.480c | 25.8 (21.3) | 34.1 (31.5) | 0.627/0.820c | |
| 3–12 months on dialysis | 23 (33%) | 18 (26%) | 8 (44%) | 11 (39%) | |||
| >12–36 months on dialysis | 26 (37%) | 31 (44%) | 5 (28%) | 6 (21%) | |||
| >36 months on dialysis | 21 (30%) | 21 (30%) | 5 (28%) | 11 (39%) | |||
a
Independent t-test.
b
Pearson chi-square test.
c
Mann–Whitney test.