Table 1.

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the study population

	Mean±SD, median (IQR), or percentage
Age (years)	51.2±15.2
Males (%)	66.7
Diabetes (%)	44
Median Charlson’s comorbidity index (IQR)	4 (2, 6)
Median dialysis vintage (months, IQR)	20 (9.7, 53)
On thrice-weekly hemodialysis (%)	60.3
Native kidney disease (%)	41.1
Diabetic nephropathy	31.2
Unknown Glomerular	14.2
Hypertensive nephrosclerosis	4.3
Inherited kidney disease	3.5
Urological disease and CAKUT	4.3
Interstitial disease	1.4
Dialysis financed by (%)
Self	73.6
Employer (private/government)	21.4
Insurance	5.0
Education (%)
No formal schooling	4.3
Primary school	7.8
Middle school	15.6
High school	30.5
Undergraduate	27.0
Postgraduate	9.9
Professional	5.0
Occupation (%)
Unemployed but able to work	11.3
Unemployed and unable to work	10.6
Private sector	11.3
Government sector	15.6
Self-employed	12.8
Homemaker	20.6
Student	4.3
Retired	13.5
Median distance between home and	8 (3, 32)
dialysis unit (km, IQR)	Range: 0.5-150 km

CAKUT: Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract