Age, years (SD) |
64.59 (12.27) |
59.98 (13.19) |
−2.631 |
0.009 |
Gender, n (%) |
|
|
2.282 |
0.157 |
Male |
57 |
79 |
|
|
Female |
40 |
82 |
|
|
Education |
|
|
3.892 |
0.143 |
Primary school and below |
41 |
49 |
|
|
Secondary school |
46 |
89 |
|
|
College |
10 |
23 |
|
|
Marriage |
|
|
4.985 |
0.083 |
Single |
3 |
5 |
|
|
Married |
78 |
136 |
|
|
Divorced/widowed |
16 |
20 |
|
|
Employment |
|
|
2.807 |
0.246 |
Working |
8 |
12 |
|
|
Retired |
74 |
110 |
|
|
Unemployed/students/ |
15 |
39 |
|
|
Family per capita monthly income (yuan/month) |
|
|
6.117 |
0.106 |
<1000 |
14 |
10 |
|
|
1000–1999 |
46 |
77 |
|
|
2000–2999 |
19 |
45 |
|
|
>3000 |
18 |
29 |
|
|
Medical expenses to be paid by oneself (yuan/month), (x̄ ± s) |
1731±1162 |
1867±1037 |
0.904 |
0.368 |
MHD duration, months (SD) |
39.91 (45.41) |
29.60 (34.99) |
−1.903 |
0.057 |
Primary renal diagnosis, n (%) |
|
|
6.569 |
0.363 |
Glomerulonephritis |
32 (33.0) |
50 (31.1) |
|
|
Diabetic nephropathy |
21 (21.6) |
38 (23.6) |
|
|
Hypertensive nephropathy |
21 (21.6) |
27 (16.8) |
|
|
Obstructive nephropathy |
9 (9.3) |
7 (4.3) |
|
|
Polycystic kidney |
4 (4.1) |
14 (8.7) |
|
|
Unknown |
3 (3.1) |
6 (3.7) |
|
|
Other* |
7 (7.3) |
19 (11.8) |
|
|
BMI, kg/m2 (SD) |
20.34 (3.22) |
20.77 (2.76) |
−1.135 |
0.257 |