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Table 1 African American and non-African American patient characteristics

From: Selecting renal replacement therapies: what do African American and non-African American patients and their families think others should know? A mixed methods study

 

Pre-ESRD

Hemodialysis

Home hemodialysis

Peritoneal dialysis

Transplant

 

AA (n=6)

Non-AA (n=7)

AA (n=7)

Non- AA (n=8)

AA (n=4)

Non-AA (n=1)

AA (n=9)

Non-AA (n=4)

AA (n=11)

Non-AA (n=11)

Ethnicity

          

   Hispanic

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (14)

0 (0) ¥

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (25)

0 (0) ¥

0 (0)¥

Race

          

   White

0 (0)

5 (71)

0 (0)

8 (100)

0 (0)

1 (100)

0 (0)

3 (75)

0 (0)

11 (100)

   Black

6 (100)

0 (0)

7 (100)

0 (0)

4 (100)

0 (0)

9 (100)

0 (0)

11 (100)

0 (0)

   Other

0 (0)

2 (29)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Age

          

   Mean

54

58

56

65£

53

78

53

59

50

55£

   [Range]

[28–69]

[24–82]

[27–65]

[55–80]

[38–75]

[N/A]

[33–69]

[53–74]

[37–61]

[18–65]

Gender

          

   Female

5 (83)

2 (29)

3 (43)

4 (50)

1 (25)

0 (0)

6 (66)

0 (0)

6 (65)

8 (73)

Education

          

   HS or less

3 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (50)

1 (25)

0 (0)

2 (22)

3 (75)

4 (36)

2 (18)

   At least two years of college

3 (50)

7 (100)

7 (100)

4 (50)

3 (75)

1 (100)

7 (77)

1 (25)

7 (64)

9 (82)

Marital Status

          

   Married/ living with partner

0 (0)

6 (86)

1 (14)

6 (76)

3 (75)

0 (0)

2 (22)

3 (75)

8 (73)

8 (73)

Health Insurance

          

   Insured

6 (100)

7 (100)

7 (100)

7 (87)

4 (100)

1 (100)

9 (100)

4 (100)

11 (100)

11 (100)

  1. *AA abbreviated for African American.
  2. ¥ Does not total to 100%; non-AA HD missing 3 (37), AA transplant missing 3 (28), non-AA transplant missing 2 (18).
  3. € Does not total to 100%; non-AA PD missing 1(25).
  4. £Does not total to 100%; non-AA HD missing 1 (13), non-AA transplant missing 2 (18).
  5. † Does not total to 100%; non-AA HD missing 2 (25).