Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the Study Sample Comparing Non-Dialysis CKD Patients and KF Patients

	Overall Sample	CKD Patients	KF on Dialysis Patients	p-value*
No. of patients	113	60	53
Age (years)	65.1 ± 12.2	67.4 ± 10.4	62.4 ± 13.5	0.027
Gender (M/F)	64.6 / 35.4	61.7/ 38.3	67.9 / 32.1	0.488
Indigenous population (%)	4.8%	3.6%	6.1%	0.540
Education
<12 years	46.0%	51.7%	39.6%	0.508
12–13 years	14.2%	15.0%	13.2%
13–15 years	11.5%	10.0%	13.2%
≥16 years	28.3%	23.3%	34.0%
Carer status (Carer available)	25.5%	8.9%	44.2%	<0.001
Gross annual income
<$25,000	54.0%	43.3%	66.0%	0.141
>$25,000–50,000	31.9%	41.7%	20.8%
>$50,000–75,000	7.1%	6.7%	7.6%
>$75,000	7.1%	8.3%	5.7%
Smoking status
Current smoker	9.4%	7.1%	12.0%	0.694
Former smoker	55.7%	57.1%	54.0%
Non-smoker	34.9%	35.7%	34.0%
Cause of renal disease
Diabetic nephropathy	32.1.%	33.3%	30.8%	0.073
Hypertension/Vascular disease	20.5%	20.0%	21.2%
Glomerular disease	12.5%	8.3%	17.3%
Polycystic kidney disease	5.4%	3.3%	7.7%
Others/Unknown aetiology	29.5%	35.0%	23.1%
Comorbidity burden
Diabetes	41.0%	43.6%	38.0%	0.557
Hypertension	90.5%	89.1%	92.0%	0.612

Notes: *p-value indicates the significance of difference between CKD and KF patients. p values <0.05 are printed in bold.

Abbreviations: CKD, Chronic kidney disease; KF, Kidney failure; M, Male; F, Female.