Table 1.
Patient Participant Characteristics
| Characteristic | Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 61) | Control (n = 58) | |
| Age (years) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 55.9 (12.7) | 58.2 (10.4) |
| Sex (% male) | 63.0 | 68.8 |
| Race/Ethnicity (%) | ||
| Caucasian | 63.9 | 67.2 |
| African-American | 31.1 | 24.1 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 1.6 | 8.6 |
| Not reported | 1.6 | --- |
| Education (years) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 12.4 (2.7) | 13.4 (2.6) |
| Marital status (%) | ||
| Married | 31.1 | 36.2 |
| Divorced/Separated | 26.3 | 19.0 |
| Widowed | 13.1 | 6.9 |
| Never married | 9.8 | 17.2 |
| Missing/Not reported | 19.7 | 20.7 |
| Time on dialysis (months) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 50.4 (46.1) | 58.5 (68.5) |
| Baseline IWG (kg) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 3.9 (1.1) | 3.9 (1.3) |
| Diabetic status (% diabetic) | 44.3 | 53.4 |
| Sessions completed | ||
| 4 or more | 41 (67.2%) | 39 (67.2%) |
| 1–3 | 8 (13.1%) | 11 (19.0%) |
| 0 | 12 (19.6%) | 8 (13.8%) |
Note. IWG = interdialytic weight gain; kg = kilograms. The intervention and control groups did not differ significantly on any clinical or demographic characteristics, ps > .25.