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Table 1 Demographic data of participants

From: Communicating projected survival with treatments for chronic kidney disease: patient comprehension and perspectives on visual aids

 

Number of patients

Age

  < 20

0

 20–35

19 (11%)

 36–50

48 (27%)

 51–65

59 (33%)

  > 65

51 (29%)

Gender

 Male

100 (56%)

 Female

77 (44%)

Ethnicity

 NZ European

82 (46%)

 Pacific

39 (22%)

 Maori

23 (13%)

 Asian

20 (11%)

 Other

13 (7%)

Employed

75 (42%)

Educational level

 Primary

7 (4%)

 High School/College

99 (56%)

 Tertiary

70 (40%)

 Nil

1 (0.5%)

eGFRa

  > =90

9 (7%)

 60–89

17 (12%)

 45–59

18 (13%)

 30–44

23 (17%)

 15–29

43 (31%)

  < 15

28 (20%)

Cause of CKD

 Diabetes

59 (33%)

 Glomerulonephritis

50 (28%)

 Hypertension

14 (8%)

 Other

36 (20%)

 Unknown

18 (10%)

Dialysis

38 (21%)

Previous transplantb

47 (27%)

Diabetes

70 (40%)

Total

177

  1. aIn non-dialysis patients only, data unavailable for 1 patient
  2. bInformation unavailable for 1 patient