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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

From: Prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment in kidney transplant recipients

Patient characteristics

All

MoCA <26

MoCA ≥26

p-value

N = 226

N = 131

N = 95

Age (years)

54 (13.4)

56.7 (13.5)

51.3 (12.8)

<0.01

Gender

0.02

Female

89 (39.4)

43 (32.8)

46 (48.4)

 

Race

0.57

Caucasian

165 (73.0)

93 (71.0)

72 (75.8)

 

African American

43 (19.0)

28 (21.4)

15 (15.8)

 

Other race

18 (8.0)

10 (7.6)

8 (8.4)

 

Education level

0.08

  ≥ College

130 (57.5)

69 (52.7)

61 (64.2)

 

BMI

0.65

  ≥ 30 (kg/m 2 )

115 (50.9)

65 (50)

50 (52.6)

 

Blood Pressure

Systolic (mmHg)

139 (18)

140 (19)

137 (17)

0.29

Diastolic (mmHg)

73 (12)

72 (12)

74 (13)

0.09

Serum hemoglobin (g/dl)

12.5 (2)

12.7 (2.1)

12.1 (1.9)

0.03

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

52 (21)

53 (21)

51 (22)

0.38

Time since KT (years)

3.4 (4.1)

3.3 (3.6)

3.6 (4.8)

0.72a

Time on dialysis (years)

2.3 (2.1)

2.3 (1.93)

2.2 (2.3)

0.16a

H/o smoking

95 (42.0)

57 (43.5)

38 (40.0)

0.60

H/o TIA/stroke

7 (3.1)

4 (3.1)

3 (3.2)

>0.99a

H/o diabetes

84 (37.2)

49 (37.4)

35 (36.8)

0.93

H/o CAD

42 (21.2)

26 (19.9)

16 (16.8)

0.57

H/o Atrial Fibrillation

25 (11.1)

16 (12.2)

9 (9.5)

0.52

ESRD secondary to diabetes

57 (25.2)

34 (26.0)

23 (24.2)

0.77

  1. Continuous variables = Mean (Standard deviation), Categorical variables = N (%)
  2. The p-values indicate the comparison between MoCA <26 and MoCA ≥26.
  3. BMI body mass index, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, KT kidney transplant, H/o history of, TIA transient ischemic attack, CAD coronary artery disease
  4. a Nonparametric test