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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics by KDQOL-36™ completion status

From: Use of the KDQOL-36™ for assessment of health-related quality of life among dialysis patients in the United States

 

Overall

N = 413,964

Declined

N = 83,552

Completed

N = 330,412

Age, years, mean ± SD

61.4 ± 14.9

64.0 ± 15.2

60.7 ± 14.7

Sex, female, n (%)

183,613 (44.4)

36,323 (43.5)

147,290 (44.6)

Race, n (%)

 White

160,451 (38.8)

30,542 (36.6)

129,909 (39.3)

 Black

145,729 (35.2)

27,588 (33.0)

118,141 (35.8)

 Hispanic

72,769 (17.6)

14,858 (17.8)

57,911 (17.5)

 Asian

17,445 (4.2)

5972 (7.1)

11,473 (3.5)

 Other/unknown

17,557 (4.2)

4589 (5.5)

12,968 (3.9)

Modality, n (%)

 In-center hemodialysis

358,475 (86.6)

75,580 (90.5)

282,895 (85.6)

 Peritoneal dialysis

45,903 (11.1)

6395 (7.7)

39,508 (12.0)

 Home hemodialysis

6596 (1.6)

1058 (1.3)

5538 (1.7)

 Nocturnal dialysis

2977 (0.7)

516 (0.6)

2461 (0.9)

Dialysis vintage, months, median [p25, p75]

29 [12, 57]

35 [15, 64]

28 [11, 56]

BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

28.6 ± 7.4

27.1 ± 7.0

28.9 ± 7.4

CCI, median [p25, p75]

5 [4, 7]

6 [4, 7]

5 [4, 7]

Diabetes, n (%)

283,744 (68.5)

58,449 (70.1)

225,295 (68.2)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, SD standard deviation