Table 3.
Characteristics of kidney transplant candidates at time of randomization
| Total, N=63 Mean ± SD |
tMBSR, n=31 Mean ± SD |
tSupport, n=32 Mean ± SD |
p values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | χ2 or t | |
| Age | |||||||
| Years (range 26 to 85) | 52.8 ± 11.7 | 51.7 ± 12.1 | 53.8 ± 11.4 | .468 | |||
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 36 | 57.1 | 22 | 71.0 | 14 | 43.7 | .029 |
| Male | 27 | 42.9 | 9 | 29.0 | 18 | 56.3 | |
| Race (self-report) | |||||||
| White or European American | 45 | 71.4 | 21 | 67.7 | 24 | 75.0 | .159 |
| Black or African American | 10 | 15.9 | 8 | 25.8 | 2 | 6.3 | |
| American Indian /Alaskan native | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.1 | |
| Asian American | 5 | 7.9 | 1 | 3.2 | 4 | 12.5 | |
| Other/ multi-racial | 2 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.1 | |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino | 62 | 98.4 | 30 | 96.8 | 32 | 100.0 | .306 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Work status | |||||||
| Full-time | 23 | 36.5 | 9 | 29.0 | 14 | 43.8 | .175 |
| Part-time | 9 | 14.3 | 5 | 16.1 | 4 | 12.5 | |
| Retired | 11 | 17.5 | 5 | 16.1 | 6 | 18.8 | |
| Disabled | 15 | 23.8 | 7 | 22.7 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Other | 5 | 7.9 | 5 | 16.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Dialysis | |||||||
| Hemodialysis | 30 | 47.6 | 13 | 41.9 | 17 | 53.1 | .200 |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 6 | 9.5 | 5 | 16.1 | 1 | 3.1 | |
| Pre-dialysis | 27 | 42.9 | 13 | 41.9 | 14 | 43.8 | |
| Diabetes | |||||||
| Type I | 10 | 15.9 | 6 | 19.4 | 4 | 12.5 | .651 |
| Type II | 19 | 30.1 | 8 | 25.8 | 11 | 34.4 | |
| No diabetes | 34 | 54.0 | 17 | 54.8 | 17 | 53.1 | |
| Hypertension or history of cardiovascular disease | |||||||
| Yes | 51 | 81.0 | 25 | 80.6 | 26 | 81.3 | .951 |
| No | 12 | 19.0 | 6 | 19.4 | 6 | 18.8 | |
| Body mass index (BMI) | |||||||
| Average BMI (range in this sample 18.6 – 43.9) | 27.8 ± 5.5 | 28.5 ± 5.1 | 27.2 ± 6.1 | .373 | |||
| Healthy weight (18.5 - <25) | 23 | 36.5 | 6 | 19.4 | 17 | 53.1 | |
| Overweight (25 - <30) | 19 | 30.2 | 13 | 41.9 | 6 | 18.8 | |
| Obese (≥30) | 21 | 33.3 | 12 | 38.7 | 9 | 28.1 | |
| Charlson co-morbidity score * | |||||||
| Range in this sample: 2 to 8 | 4.02 ± 1.7 | 4.16 ± 1.8 | 3.88 ± 1.7 | .515 | |||
*
Each serious co-morbidity is given a weight from 1 to 6 based on chart review and ICD-10 codes [64]
Note: Column percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding.