Table 1.
Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics of kidney transplant providers and kidney patients at University of Alabama at Birminghama
| Characteristics | Kidney Providers N=40 (20%) | Kidney Patients N=163 (80%) | P Value |
| Age (mean±SD) | 43.1±11.7 | 51.7±13.3 | 0.0003 |
| Median | 42 | 52 | |
| Gender (male) | 8 (20%) | 100 (62%) | <0.0001 |
| Ethnicity | 0.30 | ||
| White | 22 (55%) | 74 (46%) | |
| Black | 13 (33%) | 74 (46%) | |
| Asian/NA/Hispanic | 5 (13%) | 14 (9%) | |
| Religion | 0.007 | ||
| Christian/Catholic | 32 (80%) | 153 (94%) | |
| Jewish, Islam, other, no religion | 8 (20%) | 9 (6%) | |
| Years of clinical practice or as kidney patient (mean±SD) | 15.4±10.1 | 4.1±6.1 | <0.001 |
| Marital status | — | ||
| Single | — | 36 (22%) | |
| Married/living with partner | — | 92 (56%) | |
| Divorced or separated | — | 27 (17%) | |
| Widowed | — | 8 (5%) | |
| Highest level of education completed | — | ||
| None/elementary | — | 4 (3%) | |
| High school | — | 97 (61%) | |
| Bachelors | — | 43 (27%) | |
| Graduate degree | — | 16 (10%) | |
| What best describes your prior medical treatment at the UAB kidney transplant program | — | ||
| Kidney transplant recipient | — | 110 (68%) | |
| On waiting list or being evaluated for a kidney transplant | — | 53 (33%) |
NA, Native American; UAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Counts, N, and percentages shown for all variables unless otherwise specified.