Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of PD Patients (n = 60)
| Characteristic | PD patients, no. (%)* |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| With FMS | Without FMS | ||
| No. (%) | 11 (18) | 49 (82) | |
| Age, y; median (range, min–max) | 59 (41–74) | 56 (20–77) | 0.33 |
| Gender, male/female | 5/6 | 29/20 | |
| PD duration, mo; median (range, min–max) | 29 (16–72) | 21 (10–168) | 0.28 |
| Education level | 0.78 | ||
| No schooling | 1 (9) | 5 (10) | |
| Elementary school | 6 (55) | 15 (31) | |
| Middle school | 1 (9) | 7 (14) | |
| High school | 1 (9) | 8 (16) | |
| College | 2 (18) | 14 (29) | |
*
Unless otherwise indicated.
PD = peritoneal dialysis; FMS = fibromyalgia syndrome.