Table 2.
KDQOL-36™ survey completion by patient characteristics
| Survey Status | ||
|---|---|---|
| Declined | Completed | |
| All | 83,552 (20.2) | 330,402 (79.8) |
| Age, years | ||
| 18–24 | 699 (16.6) | 3514 (83.4) |
| 25–34 | 3051 (17.7) | 14,222 (82.3) |
| 35–44 | 5760 (16.2) | 29,883 (83.8) |
| 45–54 | 11,568 (16.8) | 57,283 (83.2) |
| 55–64 | 19,123 (18.2) | 85,723 (81.8) |
| 65+ | 43,351 (23.7) | 139,787 (76.3) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 47,226 (20.5) | 183,116 (79.5) |
| Female | 36,326 (19.8) | 147,296 (80.2) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| White | 30,543 (19.0) | 129,915 (81.0) |
| Black | 27,588 (18.9) | 118,143 (81.1) |
| Hispanic | 14,859 (20.4) | 57,913 (79.6) |
| Asian | 5973 (34.2) | 11,473 (65.8) |
| Other/Unknown/Missing | 4589 (26.1) | 12,968 (73.9) |
| Modality | ||
| In-center hemodialysis | 75,580 (21.1) | 282,895 (78.9) |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 6395 (13.9) | 39,508 (86.1) |
| Home hemodialysis | 1058 (16.0) | 5538 (84.0) |
| Nocturnal dialysis | 516 (17.3) | 2461 (82.7) |
| Vintage, months | ||
| < 12 | 19,210 (17.5) | 90,260 (82.5) |
| 12–24 | 13,020 (18.2) | 58,392 (81.8) |
| 25–36 | 11,055 (19.6) | 45,229 (80.4) |
| 36+ | 40,267 (22.8) | 136,531 (77.2) |
| BMI | ||
| < 18.5 | 5240 (30.4) | 11,996 (69.6) |
| 18.5–24 | 32,054 (24.3) | 100,121 (75.7) |
| 25–29 | 23,404 (19.7) | 95,541 (80.3) |
| 30+ | 22,854 (15.7) | 122,754 (84.3) |
| CCI | ||
| < 3 | 5438 (16.6) | 27,404 (83.4) |
| 3–4 | 17,018 (16.8) | 84,515 (83.2) |
| 5–6 | 32,143 (19.4) | 133,309 (80.6) |
| 7+ | 28,953 (25.4) | 85,184 (74.6) |
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, CCI Charlson comorbidity index