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Table 1 Patient Demographics

From: Medication-related problem type and appearance rate in ambulatory hemodialysis patients

Patient Characteristic

All (n = 133)

Pharmaceutical Care (n = 66)

Usual Care (n = 67)

p value

Age (years)

62.8 ± 15.0

62.0 ± 14.3

63.5 ± 15.8

0.64

Male gender (%)

55.6

45.5

65.7

0.22

Race (%)

    

Black

78.2

71.2

85.1

0.08

Caucasian

17.3

22.7

12.0

0.06

Other

4.5

6.1

3.0

0.66

ESRD Reason (%)

    

Diabetes mellitus

48.1

60.6

35.8

0.007

Hypertension

21.8

16.7

26.9

0.23

Glomerulonephritis

14.3

12.1

16.4

0.84

Other

15.8

10.6

20.9

0.10

ESRD Duration (years)

3.1 ± 2.5

3.0 ± 1.9

3.3 ± 2.9

0.43

# Medications

11.4 ± 4.2

12.5 ± 4.2

10.2 ± 3.8

0.007

# Comorbid Conditions

5.8 ± 1.9

6.4 ± 2.0

5.1 ± 1.5

0.00003