Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the Divers cohort

Demographic

Age (years)

64 ± 15

65 ± 15

62 ± 14

65 ± 16

64 ± 14

Male

424 (62%)

249 (63%)

71 (63%)

208 (68%)

143 (63%)

Ethnicity (% immigrant)

. European

. Sub-Saharan

. North-Africa/Western Asia

. South/South-East. Asia

. South America/Caribbean

300 (47.8%)

366 (58%)

22 (4%)

54 (9%)

57 (9%)

131 (21%)

163 (43%)

244 (64%)

13 (3%)

19 (5%)

33 (9%)

75 (20%)

67 (61%)

45 (41%)

2 (2%)

17 (16%)

14 (13%)

32 (29%)

124 (40.7%)

193 (65%)

15 (5%)

17 (6%)

24 (8%)

50 (17%)

123 (56%)

109 (49%)

5 (2%)

21 (10%)

24 (11%)

62 (28%)

Social

Married

316 (52%)

207 (52%)

55 (49%)

172 (57%)

114 (50%)

Has children

474 (78%)

306 (78%)

87 (78%)

233 (77%)

179 (79%)

Low formal education

332 (56.7%)

201 (51%)

70 (64%)

151 (51%)

133 (60%)

Religion

. None

. Christian

. Islamic

. Hinduism

. Other

220 (37%)

213 (36%)

99 (17%)

44 (7%)

21 (4%)

159 (41%)

144 (37%)

48 (12%)

24 (6%)

13 (3%)

32 (29%)

32 (29%)

33 (30%)

12 (11%)

3 (3%)

123 (41%)

115 (38%)

38 (13%)

18 (6%)

7 (2%)

76 (34%)

75 (33%)

46 (20%)

21 (9%)

8 (4%)

Not employed

534 (89%)

336 (86%)

107 (95%)

258 (85%)

207 (91%)

Renal and Dialysis

Incident Patient

240 (36%)

154 (39%)

34 (30%)

122 (40%)

77 (34%)

Dialysis vintage (months)

13 [4–47]

11 [4–45]

28 [5–57]

8 [4–39]

15 [4–48]

Treatment modality:

. Hemodialysis

. Peritoneal dialysis

601 (88%)

84 (12%)

344 (87%)

51 (13%)

101 (89%)

12 (11%)

274 (89%)

34 (11%)

198 (87%)

30 (13%)

Primary kidney disease:

. Diabetic Nephropathy

. Renal vascular disease

. Glomerulonephritis

. Other

155 (24%)

163 (26%)

70 (11%)

247 (39%)

82 (23%)

100 (28%)

40 (10%)

140 (39%)

38 (36%)

18 (17%)

11 (10%)

40 (37%)

56 (20%)

71 (26%)

35 (13%)

115 (42%)

65 (30%)

50 (23%)

22 (10%)

79 (37%)

On waiting list for Tx:

. Yes

. No, for medical reasons

. No, by patient preference

203 (30%)

436 (64%)

46 (7%)

126 (32%)

245 (62%)

24 (6%)

30 (27%)

72 (64%)

11 (10%)

104 (34%)

179 (59%)

22 (7%)

69 (30%)

148 (65%)

11 (5%)

Clinical

Current smoking

108 (18%)

68 (18%)

23 (21%)

53 (18%)

48 (21%)

Current alcohol use

161 (27%)

110 (28%)

27 (24%)

94 (31%)

53 (24%)

Davies comorbidity score:

. None

. Intermediate

. Severe

183 (27%)

370 (55%)

119 (18%)

109 (29%)

212 (55%)

62 (16%)

24 (21%)

58 (52%)

30 (27%)

90 (31%)

156 (53%)

49 (17%)

51 (23%)

133 (59%)

43 (19%)

Diabetes mellitus

288 (42%)

158 (40%)

58 (52%)

117 (38%)

123 (54%)

Ischemic heart disease

190 (28%)

97 (25%)

41 (36.4%)

77 (26%)

71 (31%)

Peripheral vascular disease

168 (25%)

99 (26%)

27 (24%)

65 (22%)

60 (26%)

Mental health:

Previous depression

27 (4%)

12 (3%)

6 (5%)

9 (3%)

12 (5%)

Antidepressant use

65 (10%)

28 (7%)

15 (13%)

22 (7%)

28 (12%)

Depression:

. BDI Score

. BDI ≥ 13

. Suicidal thoughts (item 9)^*

12.9 ± 9.6

228 (33%)

64 (11%)

9.9 ± 7.4

110 (30%)

30 (8%)

22.7 ± 10.4

80 (83%)

23 (21%)

6.4 ± 3.4

-

6 (2%)

21.6 ± 8.1

-

51 (22%)

Anxiety:

. BAI Score

. BAI ≥ 16

10.3 ± 10.1

113 (22%)

6.0 ± 4.5

-

25.4 ± 9.5

-

5.6 ± 6.0

16 (6%)

16.3 ± 10.9

80 (42%)

Quality of Life:

. Physical component score

. Mental component score

38.1 ± 11.1

48.9 ± 10.8

38.2 ± 10.5

50.9 ± 9.5

33.0 ± 10.1

40.0 ± 11.3

40.3 ± 10.4

52.0 ± 8.5

32.9 ± 9.4

41.8 ± 11.0