Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants
Baseline characteristics | All patients | Renal replacement therapy group | Conservative group | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
10–24 | 45 (11.8) | 2 (3.3) | 43 (13.4) | < 0.001 |
25–39 | 76 (19.9) | 12 (19.9) | 64 (19.9) | < 0.001 |
40–54 | 114 (29.8) | 25 (41.0) | 89 (27.7) | < 0.001 |
55–69 | 118 (30.9) | 19(31.1) | 99(30.8) | < 0.001 |
≥ 70 | 29 (7.6) | 3(4.9) | 26(8.1) | < 0.001 |
Gender | ||||
Female | 154(40.3) | 19(31.1) | 135(42.1) | < 0.001 |
Male | 228(59.7) | 42(68.9) | 186(57.9) | < 0.001 |
Religion | ||||
Muslim | 34(8.9) | 7(11.5) | 27(8.4) | 0.001 |
Christian | 348(91.1) | 53(88.5) | 294(91.6) | < 0.001 |
Occupation | ||||
unemployed | 62(18.1) | 10(17.9) | 52(18.1) | < 0.001 |
students | 32(9.9) | 3(5.4) | 31(10.8) | < 0.001 |
Pensioners | 17(5.0) | 2(3.6) | 15(5.2) | 0.002 |
Informal sector | 192(56.0) | 26(46.4) | 166(57.8) | < 0.001 |
Formal sector | 38(11.1) | 15(26.8) | 23(8.0) | 0.194 |
Duration of illness (months) | ||||
< 1 | 46(24.3) | 10(47.6) | 36(21.4) | < 0.001 |
1–5 | 119(63.0) | 8(38.1) | 111(66.1) | < 0.001 |
> 6 | 24(12.7) | 3(14.3) | 21(12.5) | < 0.001 |