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Table 1 Participant characteristics stratified by sex and age

From: Perceptions about hemodialysis and transplantation among African American adults with end-stage renal disease: inferences from focus groups

 

Age <65

Age ≥65

 

Males b

Females

Males

Females

n = 11 (%)

n = 9 (%)

n = 11 (%)

n = 5 (%)

Age (yrs), median [IQR]

58 [52, 58]

53 [48, 54]

72 [69, 75]

70 [66, 71]

Married

2 (25.0)

5 (63.0)

6 (60.0)

1 (25.0)

Currently unemployed

8 (100.0)

6 (85.7)

9 (90.0)

4 (100.0)

Household income < $30 K

5 (71.4)

4 (66.7)

8 (88.9)

3 (100.0)

Post-secondary education

4 (50.0)

2 (25.0)

4 (40.0)

2 (50.0)

Insurance Typea

    

   Medicare

6 (66.7)

6 (75.0)

9 (90.0)

5 (100.0)

   Medicaid

2 (22.2)

3 (37.5)

2 (20.0)

1 (20.0)

   Private

2 (22.2)

4 (50.0)

5 (50.0)

2 (40.0)

Dialysis time (yrs), median [IQR]

4.0 [2.0, 7.0]

2.3 [2.0, 5.0]

4.0 [3.0, 5.0]

3.0 [2.4, 5.0]

Previous transplant

1 (12.5)

2 (25.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. aSome participants had multiple types of insurance.
  2. bOne participant in the group intended for males aged < 65 was 68 years old.
  3. All cells depict number (%) unless otherwise indicated. Data on marital status, education, and previous transplant were not available for 6 participants; data on employment status was not available for 7 participants; data on household income was not available for 11 participants; data on insurance type was not available for 4 participants; and data on dialysis time was not available for 2 participants. Percents were calculated among those for which the data was available.
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BMC Nephrology

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