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. 2021 Jun 3;22:210. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02412-z

Table 2.

Sociodemographic factors associated with physical and mental component summary scores in kidney transplant recipients and hemodialysis patients

Predictor Kidney transplant recipients (n = 100) Hemodialysis patients (n = 272)
PCS MCS PCS MCS
β (BCa 95% CI) β (BCa 95% CI) β (BCa 95% CI) β (BCa 95% CI)
Age group (years)
 18–29 Ref Ref Ref
 30–60 4.8 (−1.2, 11.6) 7.3 (1.8, 12.9) −8.8 (− 19.3, 1.8) −3.6 (− 13.9, 6.8)
  > 60 − 13.8 (−45.4, 37.0) −9.6 (−22.2, 1.7) −21.2 (− 32.2, − 9.2) − 11.5 (− 22.0, −1.2)
Gender
 Female Ref Ref Ref
 Male 0.2 (− 7.2, 7.6) 0.1 (− 7.4, 8.4) 8.8 (3.0, 14.2) 5.7 (− 0.3, 11.2)
Education level
  > Secondary Ref Ref Ref
 Secondary school −4.3 (− 12.9, 5.0) −5.1 (− 12.3, 2.8) −7.7 (− 18.2, 1.4) − 7.0 (−16.6, 2.9)
 Primary school −10.3 (−22.4, 2.0) −11.0 (− 18.7, − 2.5) −12.1(− 21.7, − 3.3) −11.6 (− 20.7, −1.9)
 Elementary −8.4 (− 34.6, 9.4) − 11.4 (− 37.5, 9.0) −21.4 (− 28.8, − 14.4) − 18.0 (− 26.4, − 8.4)
Residential area
 City Ref Ref Ref
 Village −0.5 (− 8.2, 8.7) −6.1 (− 23.3, 8.9) 6.4 (− 0.8, 13.5) 6.5 (−1.2, 13.8)
 Refugee camp − 6.7 (− 23.5, 9.2) 1.8 (− 5.2, 9.1) −0.01 (− 9.9, 9.7) 1.4 (− 8.5, 11.2)

PCS Physical component summary, MCS Mental component summary, β Regression coefficient, BCa Bias corrected accelerated, CI Confidence interval, Ref Reference category