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 |