Table 1 Demographic details of 71 female dialysis patients
From: Exclusion of pregnancy in dialysis patients: diagnostic performance of human chorionic gonadotropin
Characteristics | n = 71 |
|---|---|
Age, years | 43 (32–47) |
Age ≤ 40 years | 30 (42%) |
Age, 40–50 years | 41 (58%) |
BMI, kg/m2 | 23.1 (20.6–27.7) |
Race, black, white, Asian | 1 (1%)/65 (92%)/5 (7%) |
Renal disease | |
 Diabetes | 4 (6%) |
 Glomerulonephritis | 9 (13%) |
 Secondary glomerulonephritis/vasculitis | 11 (15%) |
 Interstitial nephritis/pyelonephritis | 7 (10%) |
 Cystic/hereditary/congenital diseases | 14 (20%) |
 Neoplasms/tumors | 3 (4%) |
 Complication after transplantation | 2 (3%) |
 Miscellaneous conditions | 2 (3%) |
 Unknown | 18 (25%) |
Total ESRD vintage, years | 2.3 (0.8–11.2) |
Total dialysis time, years | 2.1 (0.7–4.4) |
Number of patients with | |
 1, 2, 3, 4 previous kidney transplants | 17 (24%), 2 (3%), 2 (3%), 1 (1%) |
Duration of current dialysis, years | 1.6 (0.4–2.9) |
Current hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis | 60 (85%), 11 (15%) |