Table 1 Patient demographics separated by gender
From: Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation
All donors N = 211 | Female donors N = 131 | Male donors N = 80 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender, n (%) | – | 131 (62.1) | 80 (37.9) | – |
Age at the time of donation (years), mean (SD) | 51.7 (9.9) | 50.5 (9.3) | 53.8 (10.6) | 0.057 |
Age at the time of assessment (years), mean (SD) | 61.5 (10.2) | 60.4 (9.6) | 63.2 (10.9) | 0.019 |
Time after donation (years), mean (SD) | 9.7 (5.2) | 9.9 (5.4) | 9.4 (4.8) | 0.459 |
Relationship to recipient, n (%) | ||||
Parent (father/mother) | 100 (47.4) | 52 (39.7) | 48 (60) | 0.004 |
Child (son/daughter) | 2 (0.9) | – | 2 (2.5) | |
Sibling (brother/sister) | 28 (13.3) | 19 (14.5) | 9 (11.3) | |
Spouse (husband/wife) | 71 (33.6) | 56 (42.7) | 15 (18.8) | |
Friends, emotionally related | 3 (1.4) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (2.5) | |
Other related | 7 (3.3) | 3 (2.3) | 4 (5.0) | |
Children mean (SD) | 2.2 (0.90) | 2.2 (1.0) | 2.1 (0.7) | 0.375 |
Smoking, n (%) | ||||
Smoker | 34 (16.1) | 23 (17.6) | 11 (13.8) | |
Non-smoker | 174 (82.5) | 107 (81.7) | 67 (83.8) | |
Unknown | 3 (1.4) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (2.5) | |
Donor medical prevention, n (%) | ||||
Yes, routinely | 136 (64.5) | 89 (67.9) | 47 (58.8) | 0.176 |
No | 28 (13.3) | 11 (8.4) | 17 (21.3) | |
Occasionally | 47 (22.3) | 31 (23.7) | 16 (20.0) | |