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

Table 2 African American and non-African American family member characteristics

	Pre-ESRD		Hemodialysis		Home hemodialysis		Peritoneal dialysis		Transplant
	AA (n=6)	Non-AA (n=7)	AA (n=7)	Non-AA (n=6)	AA (n=3)	Non-AA (n=3)	AA (n=7)	Non-AA (n=3)	AA (n=9)	Non-AA (n=11)
Ethnicity
Hispanic	0 (0) ^¥	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (14)^¥	0 (0)	1 (33)	0 (0)	1 (33)^¥	0 (0)	2 (18)^¥
Race
White	0 (0)	6 (86)	0 (0)	6 (100)	0 (0)^*	1 (33)^*	0 (0)	2 (66)	0 (0)	10 (91)
Black	6 (100)	0 (0)	7 (100)	0 (0)	3 (100)^*	0 (0)^*	7 (100)	0 (0)	9 (100)	0 (0)
Other	0 (0)	1 (14)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)^*	1 (33)^*	0 (0)	1 (33)	0 (0)	1 (9)
Age
Mean [Range]	47^€	65^€	55	62.5	45^€	37^€	45	56	55.5	60
Mean [Range]	[29–63]	[55–78]	[46–67]	[44–80]	[37–52]	[N/A]	[45–75]	[50–62]	[39–68]	[23–79]
Gender
Female	5 (83)	5 (71)	5 (71)	5 (83)	3 (100)	3 (100)	4 (57)	3 (100)	5 (55)	3 (27)
Education
HS or less	3 (50)	2 (29)	5 (71)	4 (67)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (28)	2 (66)	4 (44)	3 (27)
At least 2 years of college	3 (50)	5 (71)	2 (28)	2 (33)	3 (100)	3 (100)	5 (71)	1 (33)	5 (56)	8 (73)
Marital Status
Married/ living with partner	3 (50)	7 (100)	4 (57)	5 (83)	2 (67)	2 (67)	4 (57)	3 (100)	5 (56)	11(100)
Health Insurance
Insured	5 (83)	7 (100)	5 (71)^†	6 (100)	3 (100)	3 (100)	7 (100)	3 (100)	9 (100)	11(100)
Relationship to Patient
Spouse	0 (0)	6 (86)	1 (14)	4 (67)	2 (67)	1 (33)	1 (14)	3 (100)	3 (33)	8 (73)
Parent/Parent-in-law	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (28)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (22)	2 (18)
Child	2 (33)	1 (14)	1 (14)	1 (17)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (11)	0 (0)
Sibling	2 (33)	0 (0)	2 (28)	0 (0)	1 (33)	1 (33)	4 (57)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Cousin	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (22)	0 (0)
Other/Friend	2 (33)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (17)	0 (0)	1 (33)	2 (28)	0 (0)	1 (11)	1 (9)

*AA abbreviated for African American; ¥ Does not total to 100%; AA pre-ESRD missing 1 (17), AA HD missing 1 (17), AA PD missing 1 (14), AA transplant missing 1 (11); ^*Does not total to 100%, non-AA HHD missing 1 (33); € Does not total to 100%; AA pre-ESRD missing 1 (17), non-AA pre-ESRD missing 1 (14), AA HHD missing 1 (33), non-AA HD missing 2 (67); † Does not total to 100%; AA HD family missing 1 (14).

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