Table 1. Demography of patients stratified by haemodialysis pattern at baseline.
| Mon/Wed/Fri | Tue/Thu/Sat | Sun/Tue/Thu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of haemodialysis patients | N = 266 | N = 288 | N = 23 | N = 517 | |
| Total number of observations | 885 | 697 | 77 | 1659 | |
| Mean Age | 61.5 (SD 15.51) | 64.6 (SD 15.40) | 66 (SD 16.29) | 63 (SD 15.56) | |
| Sex | Male | 61% (158/259) | 62% (134/216) | 57.1% (12/21) | 61.3% (304/496) |
| Ethnicity | White | 81.7% (210/257) | 80.7% (171/212) | 81% (17/21) | 81.2% (398/490) |
| Education | No formal education | 29.2% (74/253) | 38.5% (82/213) | 57.1% (12/21) | 34.5% (168/487) |
| High education (1–3) * | 49.4% (125/253) | 42.3% (90/213) | 23.8% (5/21) | 45.2% (220/487) | |
| Higher education (4–6) ** | 21.3% (54/253) | 19.2% (41/213) | 19.0% (4/21) | 20.3% (99/487) | |
| Myocardial infarction | 17.2% (42) | 23.1% (48) | 9.5% (2) | 19.5% (92) | |
| Heart Failure | 19.3% (47) | 18.8% (39) | 23.8% (5) | 19.2% (91) | |
| Cancer | 7.8% (19) | 9.1% (19) | 4.8% (1) | 8.2% (39) | |
| Connective Tissue Disease | 7.4% (18) | 2.4% (5) | 4.8% (1) | 5.1% (24) | |
| Cerebral vascular accident | 7.4% (18) | 9.6% (20) | 0.0% (0) | 8% (38) | |
| DM without complication | 37.3% (91) | 37.0% (77) | 33.3% (7) | 37% (175) | |
| DM with complication | 23.8% (58) | 26.0% (54) | 9.5% (2) | 24.1.% (114) | |
| Pulmonary Disease | 20.1% (49) | 23.6% (49) | 9.5% (2) | 21.2% (100) | |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 27.0% (66) | 25.0% (52) | 14.3% (3) | 25.5% (121) | |
| Severe Liver disease | 0.8% (2) | 1.0% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (4) | |
| Lymphoproliferative disease | 1.2% (3) | 1.0% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 1.1% (5) | |
| Metastatic cancer | 0.8% (2) | 0.8% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (4) | |
| Paraplegia | 0.8% (2) | 2.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 1.5% (7) | |
| Modified Charlson score index (score 0–16) *** | Score 0 | 23.8% (58) | 22.1% (46) | 38.1% (8) | 23.7% (112) |
| Score 1–5 | 63.1% (154) | 60.6% (126) | 61.9% (13) | 61.9% (293) | |
| Score >5 | 13.1% (32) | 17.3% (36) | 0% (0) | 14.4% (68) | |
| Years on dialysis | <1yr on RRT | 17.9% (40) | 28.3% (51) | 36.8% (7) | 23.2% (98) |
| 1–5 year | 52% (116) | 43.3%(78) | 57.9% (11) | 48.6% (205) | |
| >5 years | 30% (67) | 28.3% (51) | 5.3% (1) | 28.2% (119) | |
*High education (1 = professional qualification, 2 = ‘O’ level/GSCE equivalent,3 = Apprenticeship).
**Higher education (4 = ‘A’level/higher equivalent,5 = Degree or higher, 6 = Diploma).
*** Higher Modified Charlson score indicates high comorbidities.