Table 2 Dietary behaviors of subjects
From: Comparison of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients’ dietary behaviors
Variables | HD (n = 30) | PD (n = 30) | p-value | HD (n = 30) | PD (n = 30) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (n = 19) | Female (n = 11) | p -value | Male (n = 17) | Female (n = 13) | p -value | ||||
1. How many days per week do you have three meals a day? | 1.45 ± 0.62 | 0.82 ± 0.84 | 0.002* | 1.66 ± 0.53 | 1.09 ± 0.63 | 0.013* | 1.21 ± 0.9 | 0.31 ± 0.44 | < 0.001** |
2. How many times per week do you have meals with a variety of grains fish, meat and vegetables? | 1.07 ± 0.63 | 0.80 ± 0.64 | 0.108 | 1.05 ± 0.71 | 1.09 ± 0.49 | 0.875 | 0.94 ± 0.7 | 0.62 ± 0.55 | 0.170 |
3. How many times do you have fruits per week? | 0.75 ± 0.67 | 0.85 ± 0.65 | 0.557 | 0.76 ± 0.77 | 0.73 ± 0.47 | 0.875 | 0.74 ± 0.7 | 1.00 ± 0.5 | 0.273 |
4. How many times do you have milk per week? | 0.70 ± 0.78 | 0.27 ± 0.57 | 0.018* | 0.74 ± 0.84 | 0.64 ± 0.71 | 0.741 | 0.24 ± 0.6 | 0.31 ± 0.59 | 0.736 |
5. Do you soak vegetables in water or boil them to remove potassium? | 1.20 ± 0.78 | 0.78 ± 0.85 | 0.053 | 1.13 ± 0.93 | 1.32 ± 0.46 | 0.469 | 0.79 ± 0.9 | 0.77 ± 0.81 | 0.938 |
6. How many times per week do you have salted sea foods, pickled vegetables, ham, sausage canned fish, etc.? | 1.77 ± 0.49 | 1.50 ± 0.74 | 0.106 | 1.68 ± 0.56 | 1.91 ± 0.3 | 0.163 | 1.32 ± 0.8 | 1.73 ± 0.59 | 0.139 |
7. How many days per week do you have 2 meals a day with a dish of protein? | 0.68 ± 0.64 | 0.97 ± 0.56 | 0.071 | 0.58 ± 0.71 | 0.86 ± 0.45 | 0.192 | 1.27 ± 0.5 | 0.58 ± 0.4 | < 0.001** |
8–1. How many times per week do you have sugary foods for calorific replenishment? | 0.88 ± 0.64 | 0.30 ± 0.41 | < 0.001** | 0.89 ± 0.74 | 0.86 ± 0.45 | 0.900 | 0.32 ± 0.4 | 0.27 ± 0.39 | 0.724 |
8–2. How many times per week do you have fried foods for calorific replenishment? | 0.75 ± 0.58 | 0.25 ± 0.39 | < 0.001** | 0.74 ± 0.63 | 0.77 ± 0.52 | 0.874 | 0.27 ± 0.4 | 0.23 ± 0.39 | 0.817 |
9. Do you consider the amount of water needed to consume every day? | 1.28 ± 0.68 | 0.87 ± 0.68 | 0.021* | 1.26 ± 0.71 | 1.32 ± 0.64 | 0.835 | 0.88 ± 0.7 | 0.85 ± 0.69 | 0.888 |
10. How many times per week do you eat out? | 1.58 ± 0.66 | 0.72 ± 0.81 | < 0.001** | 1.53 ± 0.72 | 1.68 ± 0.56 | 0.542 | 0.82 ± 0.9 | 0.58 ± 0.76 | 0.416 |