Table 1.

African American and non-African American patient characteristics

	Pre-ESRD		Hemodialysis		Home hemodialysis		Peritoneal dialysis		Transplant
	AA (n=6)	Non-AA (n=7)	AA (n=7)	Non- AA (n=8)	AA (n=4)	Non-AA (n=1)	AA (n=9)	Non-AA (n=4)	AA (n=11)	Non-AA (n=11)
Ethnicity
Hispanic	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (14)	0 (0) ¥	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (25)	0 (0) ¥	0 (0)¥
Race
White	0 (0)	5 (71)	0 (0)	8 (100)	0 (0)	1 (100)	0 (0)	3 (75)€	0 (0)	11 (100)
Black	6 (100)	0 (0)	7 (100)	0 (0)	4 (100)	0 (0)	9 (100)	0 (0)€	11 (100)	0 (0)
Other	0 (0)	2 (29)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)€	0 (0)	0 (0)
Age
Mean	54	58	56	65£	53	78	53	59	50	55£
[Range]	[28–69]	[24–82]	[27–65]	[55–80]	[38–75]	[N/A]	[33–69]	[53–74]	[37–61]	[18–65]
Gender
Female	5 (83)	2 (29)	3 (43)	4 (50)	1 (25)	0 (0)	6 (66)	0 (0)	6 (65)	8 (73)
Education
HS or less	3 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	4 (50)	1 (25)	0 (0)	2 (22)	3 (75)	4 (36)	2 (18)
At least two years of college	3 (50)	7 (100)	7 (100)	4 (50)	3 (75)	1 (100)	7 (77)	1 (25)	7 (64)	9 (82)
Marital Status
Married/ living with partner	0 (0)	6 (86)	1 (14)	6 (76)	3 (75)	0 (0)	2 (22)	3 (75)	8 (73)	8 (73)
Health Insurance
Insured	6 (100)	7 (100)	7 (100)	7 (87)†	4 (100)	1 (100)	9 (100)	4 (100)	11 (100)	11 (100)

*AA abbreviated for African American.

¥ Does not total to 100%; non-AA HD missing 3 (37), AA transplant missing 3 (28), non-AA transplant missing 2 (18).

€ Does not total to 100%; non-AA PD missing 1(25).

£Does not total to 100%; non-AA HD missing 1 (13), non-AA transplant missing 2 (18).

† Does not total to 100%; non-AA HD missing 2 (25).