Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the study participants
Patients included in analysis N = 75 | Patients randomly chosen for research N = 110 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age at start of research, Mean/SD | 64.55 | 15.94 | 65.27 | 15.35 | |
Died during follow/up, N/% | 13 | 17.3% | 32 | 29.1% | |
Sex female, N/% | 31 | 41.3% | 0.47 | 42.7% | |
Transplanted before dialysis, N/% | 4 | 5.3% | 5 | 4.5% | |
Current smokers, N/total available N/% | 10/63 | 15.9% | 12/72 | 16.7% | |
Residence during study period, N/total available N*/% | |||||
Private residence | 64/70 | 91.4% | 72/79 | 91.1% | |
assisted living/nursing home | 6/70 | 8.6% | 7/79 | 8.9% | |
Primary care taker, | |||||
N/total available N*/% | |||||
Partner | 19/57 | 33.3% | 22/79 | 27.8% | |
Children | 10/57 | 17.5% | 11/79 | 13.9% | |
hired care | 6/57 | 10.5% | 10/79 | 12.7% | |
Other | 5/57 | 8.8% | 5/79 | 6.3% | |
none/not mentioned | 17/57 | 29.8% | 18/79 | 22.8% | |
Mental and cognitive disability | |||||
N/total available N*/% | |||||
No disability | 63/70 | 90.0% | 71/78 | 91.0% | |
Dementia | 2/70 | 2.9% | 2/78 | 2.6% | |
Other cognitive/mental disability | 5/70 | 7.1% | 5/78 | 6.4% | |
Mobility | |||||
N/total available N*/% | |||||
Mobile | 40/61 | 65.6% | 43/67 | 64.2% | |
Walking aid | 7/61 | 11.5% | 8/67 | 11.9% | |
Walker | 6/61 | 9.8% | 7/67 | 10.4% | |
Wheel chair | 8/61 | 13.1% | 9/67 | 13.4% | |