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Table 2 Participants’ clinical characteristics (n = 20)

From: The views and experiences of older people with conservatively managed renal failure: a qualitative study of communication, information and decision-making

Participants

20

Gender

 Female

11

 Male

9

Age

  < 75

2

 75–79

5

 80–84

8

  ≥ 85

5

Marital Status

 Married

8

 Widowed

9

 Single

3

Ethnicity

 White British

18

 Afro-Caribbean

1

 Other

1

Renal Diagnosis

 Diabetes Mellitus

5

 Glomerulo-nephritis

3

 Renal vascular disease

2

 Unknown

9

 Other

1

Karnofsky Performance Status Score [56]

 40%

3

 50%

3

 60%

4

 70%

7

 80%

3

Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index Score*

 2

2

 3

5

 4

5

 5

4

 6

3

 8

1

  1. *Charlson Comorbidity Index [57] modified for renal patients to exclude renal diagnosis and age from the scoring [58]