Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the study participants
| Patients included in analysis N = 75 | Patients randomly chosen for research N = 110 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at start of research, Mean/SD | 64.55 | 15.94 | 65.27 | 15.35 | |
| Died during follow/up, N/% | 13 | 17.3% | 32 | 29.1% | |
| Sex female, N/% | 31 | 41.3% | 0.47 | 42.7% | |
| Transplanted before dialysis, N/% | 4 | 5.3% | 5 | 4.5% | |
| Current smokers, N/total available N/% | 10/63 | 15.9% | 12/72 | 16.7% | |
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Residence during study period,
N/total available N*/% |
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| Private residence | 64/70 | 91.4% | 72/79 | 91.1% | |
| assisted living/nursing home | 6/70 | 8.6% | 7/79 | 8.9% | |
| Primary care taker, | |||||
| N/total available N*/% | |||||
| Partner | 19/57 | 33.3% | 22/79 | 27.8% | |
| Children | 10/57 | 17.5% | 11/79 | 13.9% | |
| hired care | 6/57 | 10.5% | 10/79 | 12.7% | |
| Other | 5/57 | 8.8% | 5/79 | 6.3% | |
| none/not mentioned | 17/57 | 29.8% | 18/79 | 22.8% | |
| Mental and cognitive disability | |||||
| N/total available N*/% | |||||
| No disability | 63/70 | 90.0% | 71/78 | 91.0% | |
| Dementia | 2/70 | 2.9% | 2/78 | 2.6% | |
| Other cognitive/mental disability | 5/70 | 7.1% | 5/78 | 6.4% | |
| Mobility | |||||
| N/total available N*/% | |||||
| Mobile | 40/61 | 65.6% | 43/67 | 64.2% | |
| Walking aid | 7/61 | 11.5% | 8/67 | 11.9% | |
| Walker | 6/61 | 9.8% | 7/67 | 10.4% | |
| Wheel chair | 8/61 | 13.1% | 9/67 | 13.4% | |
*Since the different Dialysis units affiliated with our institute do not document patient information in an identical manner, not all information presented was availed for all patients. See text and Figure 2 for exclusion criteria.