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Table 1 Patients characteristics by Internet Status (N = 1416)

From: Internet and social network users’ profiles in Renal Transplant Recipients in France

 

No Internet access (n = 285)

Internet access without social network use (n = 714)

Internet access with social network use (n = 417)

Total

P univariate

Demographic characteristics

 Age

  Mean ± SD a

62.7 ± 10.6

57.7 ± 11.2

47.2 ± 13.6

55.6 ± 13.2

<0.001

  Range

20.5–85.9

23.5–83.5

18.8–78.9

18.8–85.9

 Gender

  Male

161 (56.5)

465 (65.1)

242 (58.0)

868 (61.3)

0.01

  Female

124 (43.5)

249 (34.9)

175 (42.0)

548 (38.7)

 Employment status

   Unemployed

256 (89.8)

444 (62.2)

169 (40.6)

869 (61.4)

<0.001

   Employed

29 (10.2)

270 (37.8)

247 (59.4)

546 (38.6)

 Living arrangement

   Alone

192 (67.6)

587 (82.2)

313 (75.1)

1092 (77.2)

<0.001

   Not alone

92 (32.4)

127 (17.8)

104 (24.9)

323 (22.8)

 Children

  No children

84 (29.7)

155 (21.8)

150 (36.1)

389 (27.6)

<0.001

   Having children

199 (70.3)

557 (78.2)

266 (63.9)

1022 (72.4)

 Monthly incomes (€)

   <739

40 (15.4)

38 5.6)

22 (5.6)

100 (7.5)

<0.001

   740–1200

89 (34.4)

94 (13.8)

72 (18.4)

255 (19.2)

   1201–2200

89 (34.4)

204 (30.0)

123 (31.4)

416 (31.3)

   2201–4400

33 (12.7)

257 (37.8)

134 (34.2)

424 (31.9)

   >4000

8 (3.1)

87 (12.8)

41 (10.5)

136 (10.2)

 Perceived social support

 Having felt a need for an esteem support

  No

129 (45.4)

280 (39.2)

142 (34.1)

551 (38.9)

0.01

  Yes

155 (54.6)

434 (60.8)

275 (65.9)

864 (61.1)

 Having felt a need for an informative support

  No

193 (68.0)

420 (59.1)

241 (57.9)

854 (60.5)

0.01

  Yes

91 (32.0)

291 (40.9)

175 (42.1)

557 (39.5)

Medical characteristics

 At least one acute rejection episode

  No

238 (86.5)

614 (87.3)

321 (79.1)

1173 (84.8)

0.001

  Yes

37 (13.5)

89 (12.7)

85 (20.9)

211 (15.2)

 Health status and comorbidities

 Neoplasia

  No

208 (75.6)

540 (76.9)

354 (86.3)

1102 (79.5)

<0.001

  Yes

67 (24.4)

162 (23.1)

56 (13.7)

285 (20.5)

 Hypertension

  No

29 (10.5)

112 (15.9)

113 (27.6)

254 (18.3)

<0.001

  Yes

248 (89.5)

592 (84.1)

297 (72.4)

1137 (81.7)

 Diabetes mellitus

  No

203 (73.3)

583 (82.8)

351 (85.6)

1137 (81.7)

<0.001

  Yes

74 (26.7)

121 (17.2)

59 (14.4)

254 (18.3)

 Smoking patients

  No

239 (88.5)

597 (87.0)

322 (79.7)

1158 (85.1)

0.001

  Yes

31 (11.5)

89 (13.0)

82 (20.3)

202 (14.9)

 Charlson Comorbidity Index

  1–2 comorbidities

23 (8.1)

141 (19.7)

174 (41.7)

338 (23.9)

<0.001

  3–4 comorbidities

94 (33.0)

310 (43.4)

159 (38.1)

563 (39.8)

  >5 comorbidities

168 (58.9)

263 (36.8)

84 (20.1)

515 (36.4)

  1. Percentage in column, a SD Standard Deviation