Table 1.

Characteristics of patients.

Number	Gender	Age (Years)	Dialysis time (Years)	Chronic dialysis complication	Education levela	Initial disease	History of peritoneal dialysis
P1	Female	45	3	Hypertension	Primary school	Glomerulonephritis	No
P2	Female	52	2	Hypertension	Middle school	Glomerulonephritis	No
P3	Male	52	2	Hypertension	High school	Glomerulonephritis	Yes
P4	Male	34	5	No	Middle school	Glomerulonephritis	No
P5	Female	43	2	No	University	Polycystic kidney	No
P6	Male	34	2	Hypertension	University	Glomerulonephritis	No
P7	Male	47	6	No	Primary school	Glomerulonephritis	No
P8	Female	43	3	Renal anemia	Middle school	Glomerulonephritis	No
P9	Female	29	5	No	Middle school	Glomerulonephritis	No
P10	Male	62	3	Hypertension	Primary school	Hypertension	No
P11	Male	54	9	Heart failure	High school	Hypertension	Yes
P12	Male	44	7	Hypertension	University	Diabetes mellitus	Yes
P13	Male	54	5	Heart failure	High school	Diabetes mellitus	No
P14	Male	32	4	Hypertension	Middle school	Glomerulonephriti	No
P15	Male	54	9	Hypertension	High school	Hypertension	Yes
P16	Male	67	7	Renal osteopathy	Primary school	Diabetes mellitus	Yes
P17	Male	57	6	Heart failure	Middle school	Hypertension	No
P18	Female	65	10	Heart failure	High school	Glomerulonephritis	Yes
P19	Female	30	7	Renal osteopathy	Middle school	Glomerulonephritis	Yes
P20	Male	32	5	Renal osteopathy	Middle school	Glomerulonephritis	No
P21	Male	63	9	Hypertension	Primary school	Hypertension	Yes
P22	Male	45	6	Renal osteopathy	High school	Glomerulonephritis	No
P23	Female	67	3	Hypertension	High school	Hypertension	No

^aPrimary and middle school 1–8 years, high school 3 years, university 3–4 years.