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. 2015 Aug 10;4(3):e84. doi: 10.2196/resprot.3715

Table 1.

Demographics of the participants.



All
N=57
Transplant recipients
N=27
Donors/potential donors
N=30
P value
Sex, n (%)


.26

Male 23/57 (40.4) 13/27 (48.1) 10/30 (33.3)

Female 34/57 (59.6) 14/27 (51.9) 20/30 (66.7)
Age, mean (SD) years 46.7 (13.3) 48.6 (14.6) 45.0 (11.9) .37
Years on dialysis before transplant, mean (SD)
2.8 (2.4)

Ethnicity, n (%)


.34

African American 56/57 (98.2) 27/27 (100.0) 29/30 (96.7)

Hispanic 1/57 (1.8) 0/27 (0.0) 1/30 (3.3)
Marital status, n (%)


.49

Married 31/57 (54.4) 12/27 (44.4) 17/30 (56.7)

Divorced/separated 10/57 (17.5) 6/27 (22.2) 6/30 (20.0)

Never married 14/57 (24.6) 8/27 (29.6) 6/30 (20.0)

Widowed 2/57 (3.5) 1/27 (3.7) 1/30 (3.3)
Education, n (%)


.64

College graduate 26/57 (45.6) 10/27 (37.0) 16/30 (53.3)

Trade/technical school; partial college 9/57 (15.8) 4/27 (14.8) 5/30 (16.7)

High-school diploma 20/57 (35.1) 12/27 (44.4) 8/30 (26.7)

Less than high-school diploma 2/57 (3.5) 1/27 (3.7) 4/30 (13.3%)
Annual income


.18

<US $15,000 10/57 (17.5) 8/27 (29.6) 2/30 (6.7)

US $15,001-29,999 10/57 (17.5) 5/27 (18.5) 5/30 (16.7)

US $30,000-49,999 13/57 (22.8) 4/27 (14.8) 9/30 (30.0)

US $50,000-75,000 8/57 (14.0) 3/27 (11.1) 5/30 (16.7)

>US $75,000 2/57 (3.5) 0/27 (0.0) 2/30 (6.7)

Prefer not to answer 13/57 (22.8) 7/27 (25.9) 7/30 (23.3)
Employment status, n (%)


<.001

On disability 17/57 (29.8) 14/27 (51.9) 3/30 (10.0)

Full time 25/57 (43.9) 5/27 (18.5) 20/30 (66.7)

Part-time 2/57 (3.5) 1/27 (3.7) 1/30 (3.3)

Retired 9/57 (15.8) 6/27 (22.2) 3/30 (10.0)

Unemployed 4/57 (7.0) 1/27 (3.7) 3/30 (10.0)