Table 3.
Sample characteristics
| Characteristics | Control group (n = 33) |
Intervention group (n = 24) |
|---|---|---|
| Age (median; IQR) | 59.8; IQR 29.4–75.8 | 59.7; IQR 28.7–72.2 |
| Gender | ||
| Male (n; %) | 22 (66.7) | 17 (70.9%) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married/ living together (yes; n; %) | 21 (63,6) | 11 (46.9%)b |
| In paid employment yes; (n; %) | 10 (30.3) | 9 (37.5%) |
| Highest educational attainment (n; %) | a | b |
| None | 1 (3.0) | 1 (4.2%) |
| Primary school | 3 (9.0) | 1 (4.2%) |
| Secondary School | 9 (27.3) | 7 (29.1%) |
| Higher education | 18 (54.5) | 12 (50%) |
| Number of transplantations (n; %) | a | b |
| 1 | 26 (78.8) | 21 (87.5) |
| 2 | 4 (12.1) | 3 (12.5) |
| 3 | 3 (9.1) | 0 (0) |
| Ethnicity (n; %) | a | |
| African | 3 (9.1) | 5 (20.8) |
| Asian | 4 (12.1) | 2 (8.3) |
| European | 22 (66.8) | 16 (66.7) |
| South American | 0 (0) | 1 (4.2) |
| Turkish | 2 (6.0) | 0 |
| Dialysis before transplantation (n; %) | ||
| Yes | 21 (63.6) | 17 (70.8) |
| No | 12 (36.4) | 7 (29.2) |
| Comorbidity (n; %) | ||
| Diabetes | 9 (27.3) | 6 (25.0) |
| Cardiac Event | 6 (18.2) | 5 (20.8) |
| CVA event | 5 (15.2) | 1 (4.1) |
| Vascular Event | 3 (9.1) | 1 (4.1) |
amissings (n = 2)
bmissings (n = 3)