Variable name | Inadequate ML (N = 56) | Marginal ML (N = 153) | Adequate ML (N = 81) | Statistic | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex |  |  |  | χ 2 = 9.279c | 0.01 |
Male | 25 | 87 | 57 | Â | Â |
Female | 31 | 66 | 24 | Â | Â |
Age |  |  |  | Fisher = 38.121c | <0.001 |
<65 | 29 | 128 | 77 | Â | Â |
≥ 65 | 27 | 25 | 4 |  |  |
Education level |  |  |  | H = 54.893b | <0.001 |
Primary school or lower | 17 | 79 | 42 | Â | Â |
Junior high school | 2 | 8 | 10 | Â | Â |
Senior high school | 26 | 58 | 28 | Â | Â |
University or higher | 11 | 8 | 1 | Â | Â |
Monthly income |  |  |  | H = 15.902b | <0.001 |
<3000 | 30 | 60 | 19 | Â | Â |
3000 ~ 8000 | 19 | 72 | 38 |  |  |
>8000 | 7 | 21 | 24 | Â | Â |
Primary illness |  |  |  | Fisher = 8.582c | 0.195 |
Hypertension | 21 | 65 | 32 | Â | Â |
Diabetes | 11 | 25 | 8 | Â | Â |
Others | 22 | 44 | 30 | Â | Â |
Unknown | 2 | 19 | 11 | Â | Â |
Take medication with the help of a caregiver |  |  |  | χ 2 = 31.013c | <0.001 |
Yes | 25 | 19 | 10 | Â | Â |
No | 31 | 134 | 71 | Â | Â |
Dialysis vintage (yrs) |  |  |  | H = 2.633b | 0.268 |
<1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | Â | Â |
1–5 | 22 | 66 | 36 |  |  |
>5 | 30 | 67 | 33 | Â | Â |
No. of medications |  |  |  | χ 2 = 1.745c | 0.418 |
< 5 | 29 | 91 | 51 |  |  |
≥ 5 | 27 | 62 | 30 |  |  |
Comorbidity |  |  |  | χ 2 = 2.853c | 0.240 |
< 5 | 37 | 112 | 64 |  |  |
≥ 5 | 19 | 41 | 17 |  |  |
Frailty |  |  |  | H = 16.536b | <0.001 |
non-frail | 13 | 44 | 29 | Â | Â |
Pre-frail | 20 | 92 | 43 | Â | Â |
frail | 23 | 17 | 9 | Â | Â |
Body mass index (BMI),m/kg2 | 22.45 ± 4.58 | 22.67 ± 3.21 | 22.85 ± 3.12 |  F = 1.035d | 0.482 |
Laboratory findings | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Red blood cell count(RBC), ×1012/L | 3.78 ± 0.73 | 3.59 ± 0.67 | 3.58 ± 0.60 |  F = 1.085d | 0.317 |
Hemoglobin(HGB),g/L | 109.05 ± 17.02 | 106.37 ± 17.23 | 107.78 ± 15.36 |  F = 1.203d | 0.161 |
Ferritin(FER), ng/mL | 158.95 (67.09, 372.40)a | 262.10 (114.50, 445.55)a | 216.70 (106.45, 335.30)a | H = 230.583b | 0.477 |
Albumin(ALB), g/L | 41.70 (39.37, 44.08)a | 43.00 (40.55, 45.65)a | 44.20 (41.40, 45.70)a | H = 33.217b | 0.156 |
Pre-dialysis creatinine (pre-CRE), µmol/L | 853.43 ± 298.93 | 945.86 ± 231.35 | 1049.57 ± 252.12 |  F = 0.781d | 0.867 |
β2-microglobulin (β2-MG) mg/L | 50.20 (35.85,61.43)a | 40.60 (33.96,48.30)a | 37.90 (30.78, 46.50)a | H = 90.519b | 0.024 |
Serum calcium (s-Ca), mmol/L | 2.22 ± 0.23 | 2.25 ± 0.22 | 2.28 ± 0.27 |  F = 0.997d | 0.496 |
Serum inorganic phosphorus(s-IP), mmol/L | 1.81 (1.38, 2.26)a | 1.95(1.65, 2.25)a | 2.06 (1.83, 2.32)a | H = 11.357b | 0.023 |
Parathyroid hormone(PTH), pmol/L | 42.29 (22.31, 63.49)a | 46.21 (29.23, 64.32)a | 48.53 (30.57, 65.74)a | H = 107.824b | 0.541 |
Serum potassium(s-K),mmol/L | 4.81 (4.36, 5.25)a | 4.69 (4.38, 5.15)a | 4.71 (4.30, 5.360)a | H = 2.610b | 2.610 |