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Table 4 All four correct answers by demographic variable

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

Variable

number in group with all correct

p Value

Age > 65

20 (24%)

0.2

Gender

 Male

50 (60%)

0.2

 Female

33 (40%)

 

Ethnicity

 NZ European

52 (63%)

 

 Pacific

11 (13%)

0.002

 Maori

6 (7%)

 

 Asian

9 (11%)

 

 Other

5 (6%)

 

Educational Level

 Primary

2 (2%)

 

 High School/College

40 (48%)

0.2

 Tertiary

41 (49%)

 

Employment

46 (55%)

0.001

Cause CKD

 Diabetes

22 (27%)

 

 Glomerulonephritis

27 (33%)

0.2

 Hypertension

6 (7%)

 

 Other

21 (25%)

 

 Unknown

7 (8%)

 

Diabetes

28 (34%)

0.003

Dialysis

15 (18%)

0.2

Previous Transplant

29 (35%)

0.06

  1. Hypothesis tested being that patient demographics would be associated with likelihood of interpreting all four graphs correctly