Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 161)
| Characteristics |
Total (n = 161) n (%) |
Dialysis (n = 69) n (%) |
Transplant (n = 92) n (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | (40.66 ± 12.02) | 43.57 ± 13.02 | 38.47 ± 10.77 | < 0.01 |
| 20–30 | 36 (22.4) | 14 (20.3) | 22 (23.9) | |
| 31–40 | 52 (32.3) | 17 (24.6) | 35 (38.0) | |
| 41–50 | 40 (24.8) | 15 (21.7) | 25 (27.2) | |
| > 50 | 33 (20.5) | 23 (33.3) | 10 (10.9) | |
| Sex | 0.958 | |||
| Male | 121 (75.2) | 52 (75.4) | 69 (75.0) | |
| Female | 40 (24.8) | 17 (24.6) | 23 (25.0) | |
| Residence | 0.234 | |||
| Urban | 124 (77.0) | 50 (72.5) | 74 (80.4) | |
| Rural | 37 (23.0) | 19 (27.5) | 18 (19.6) | |
| Socioeconomic status | 0.061 | |||
| Lower | 57 (35.4) | 31 (44.9) | 26 (28.3) | |
| Middle | 94 (58.4) | 33 (47.8) | 61 (66.3) | |
| Upper | 10 (6.2) | 5 (7.2) | 5 (5.4) | |
| Ethnic group | 0.203 | |||
| Brahmin/ Chhetri | 57 (35.4) | 21 (30.4) | 36 (39.1) | |
| Aadibashi/Janajati | 76 (47.2) | 32 (46.4) | 44 (47.8) | |
| Others | 28 (17.4) | 16 (23.2) | 12 (13.0) | |
| Marital status | 0.652 | |||
| Unmarried | 11 (6.8) | 4 (5.8) | 7 (7.6) | |
| Ever married | 150 (93.2) | 65 (94.2) | 85 (92.4) | |
| Employment | 0.020 | |||
| Employed | 80 (49.7) | 27 (39.1) | 53 (57.6) | |
| Unemployed | 81 (50.3) | 42 (60.1) | 39 (42.4) | |
| Education | 0.021 | |||
| Illiterate | 20 (12.4) | 14 (20.3) | 6 (6.5) | |
| Up to 10 years of schooling | 96 (59.6) | 40 (58.0) | 56 (60.9) | |
| Higher | 45 (28.0) | 15 (21.7) | 30 (32.6) | |
| Food habit | 0.719 | |||
| Vegetarian | 6 (3.7) | 3 (3.3) | 3 (4.7) | |
| Non vegetarian | 155 (96.3) | 66 (96.7) | 89 (95.3) | |
| Family support | 0.513 | |||
| Full | 106 (65.8) | 42 (60.9) | 64 (69.6) | |
| Partial | 39 (24.2) | 19 (27.5) | 20 (21.7) | |
| No support | 16 (9.9) | 8 (11.6) | 8 (8.7) |
