Table 4.

Anxiety and Depression in Older and Younger Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

	Age<52 years (n =36)	Age ≥52 years (n=36)	P
BAI	9±11 (17)	6±6 (13)	0.16
BDI	12±12 (13)	11±9 (11)	0.68
HADS-A	6±4 (4)	5±4 (3)	0.10
HADS-D	6±5 (5)	5±4 (6)	0.54

Age category classification was defined as relative to the mean and median age of the maintenance hemodialysis patient sample (~52 years). Abbreviations are defined in the legend to Table 2. Data are given as mean ± standard deviation. Numbers in parentheses indicate number of patients with scores indicating mild or more severe anxiety or depression