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Table 1 Epidemiologic parameters

From: Transplant tourism among kidney transplant patients in Eastern Nigeria

Parameters

No (126)

Percent (100)

Age distribution

 20–29

15

11.9

 30–39

27

21.4

 40–49

26

20.6

 50–59

27

21.4

 60–69

28

22.2

 ≥ 70

2

1.6

Sex

 Male

96

76.2

 Female

30

23.8

Occupation

 Public servant

52

41.3

 House wives

18

14.3

 Business

30

23.8

 Clergy

10

7.9

 Students

5

4.0

 Unemployed

7

5.6

 Retiree

4

3.2

Renal diseases

 Chronic glomerulonephritits

41

32.5

 Hypertensive nephrosclerosis

29

23

 Lupus nephritis

2

1.6

 Hivan

8

6.3

 Diabetic nephropathy

14

11.1

 ADPKD

  

 Sickle cell nephropathy

2

1.6

 Toxic nephropathy

1

0.8

 Analgesic nephropathy

2

1.6

 Pre ecclampsia

2

1.6

 Kidney allograft failure

1

1.6

 Unknown

2

1.6

22

17.5

Ethnicity

 Ijaw

66

52.4

 Ibo

54

19

 Yoruba

4

3.2

 Hausa

2

1.6

Pretransplant dialysis

 Haemodialysis

124

98.4

 Peritoneal dialysis

0

0

 No dialysis

2

1.6

Pretransplant care

 Primary care practictioners

30

23.8

 Internist

22

17.5

 Nephrologist

74

58.7