Table 2.
Median number of topics (range 0–5) pertaining to differences between dialysis and transplant that participants reported discussing with their nephrologists
| Characteristics | Number of Topics Discussed | |
|---|---|---|
| Median (Interquartile Range) | P Value | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||
| Sex | 0.12 | |
| Female | 1 (0–2) | |
| Male | 1 (0–4) | |
| Race and ethnicity | 0.20 | |
| Black | 1 (0–4) | |
| Not Black | 1 (0–3) | |
| Education | 0.21 | |
| High school or less | 1 (0–4) | |
| Some college or more | 1 (0–2) | |
| Income, US$ | 0.25 | |
| ≤20,000 | 1 (0–1) | |
| >20,000 | 1 (0–3) | |
| Refused to answer/don’t know | 1 (0–2) | |
| Employment | 0.53 | |
| Not retired | 1 (0–3) | |
| Retired | 1 (0–3) | |
| Clinical characteristics | ||
| CKD stage | 0.63 | |
| Stage 2 (eGFR ≥60 ml/min per 1.73 m2) | 4 (4–4) | |
| Stage 3a (eGFR ≥45 to 60 ml/min per 1.73 m2) | 2 (1–3) | |
| Stage 3b (eGFR ≥30 to 45 ml/min per 1.73 m2) | 0 (0–2) | |
| Stage 4 (eGFR ≥15 to 30 ml/min per 1.73 m2) | 1 (0–3) | |
| Stage 5 (eGFR <15 ml/min per 1.73 m2) | 1 (1–2) | |
| Missing | 1 (0–3) | |
| Diabetes | 0.73 | |
| Yes | 1 (0–3) | |
| No | 1 (0–3) | |
| Frequency of nephrology visits | 0.01 | |
| At least once a month | 2 (1–4) | |
| At least every 2 months | 2 (0–4) | |
| At least every 3 months | 1 (0–3) | |
| At least every 6 months | 0 (0–1) | |
| Once a year | 0 (0–1) | |
| Whenever there’s a problem | 0 (0–0) | |
| Don’t know | 0 (0–0) | |
IQR, interquartile range.