Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Characteristics |
Total N = 332 |
University hospitals N = 210 |
Regional hospitals N = 122 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (M/F) | 205/127 | 120/90 | 85/37 |
| Mean age (SD) | 55.2 (13.5) | 52.90 (13.7) | 59.05 (12.2) |
| Married or living together % | 66.9% | 61.4% | 76.2% |
| Religious (Yes/No) % | 40.1%/59.9% | 42.4%/57.6% | 36.1%/63.9% |
| Ethnicity (Western/Non‐Western) % | 69.6%/30.4% | 70.5%/29.5% | 68.0%/32.0% |
| Education level %* | |||
| Low | 12.6% | 9.7% | 17.1% |
| Average | 68.9% | 70.9% | 65.8% |
| High | 18.5% | 19.4% | 17.1% |
| Employment (full or part‐time %) | 125 (37.7%) | 83 (39.5%) | 42 (34.4%) |
| Treatment modality at baseline (%) | |||
| No KRT | 228 (68.4%) | 113 (53.8%) | 115 (94.3%) |
| Hemodialysis | 65 (19.7%) | 61 (29.0%) | 4 (3.3%) |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 32 (9.9%) | 32 (15.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Living with transplant | 7 (2.1%) | 4 (1.9%) | 3 (2.4%) |
| History of transplantation N (%) | 36 (10.8%) | 30 (5.0%) | 6 (4.9%) |
*
Education level was valued at three levels; Low = elementary school, Average= high school (+some college) and high= at least college degree.