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Table 1 Clinical characteristic in patients undergoing hemodialysis

From: Factors associated with employment in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a mixed methods study

Characteristics

Total (n = 149)

Difficulty in current and/or previous workplaces

P

Experienced

Not experienced

(n = 87)

(n = 62)

Sex (men/women) [n]

98/51

57/30

41/21

0.938

Age (years)

62 ± 11

59 ± 10

66 ± 10

<0.001

Hemodialysis vintage (years)

8.6 ± 5.6

10.7 ± 5.7

5.5 ± 3.7

<0.001

Underlying diseases

 Chronic glomerulonephritis [n (%)]

26 (17.4)

26 (100.0)

0

 Diabetic nephropathy [n (%)]

93 (62.4)

31 (33.3)

62 (66.7)

0.001

 Nephrosclerosis [n (%)]

14 (9.4)

14 (100.0)

0

 IgA nephropathy [n (%)]

4 (2.7)

4 (100.0)

0

 Polycystic kidney [n (%)]

3 (2.0)

2 (100.0)

0

 Others [n (%)]

5 (3.4)

5 (100.0)

0

 Unidentified [n (%)]

4 (2.7)

4 (100.0)

0

Complications

 Diabetic retinopathy [n (%)]

78 (52.3)

26 (29.9)

52 (83.9)

<0.001

 Diabetic neuropathy [n (%)]

25 (16.8)

10 (11.5)

15 (24.2)

0.041

 Cerebral vascular disorder [n (%)]

50 (33.6)

20 (23.0)

30 (48.4)

0.001

 Cardiovascular disorder [n (%)]

78 (52.3)

47 (54.0)

31 (50.0)

0.628

 Anemia [n (%)]

43 (28.9)

33 (37.9)

10 (16.1)

0.004

 Secondary hyperparathyroidism [n (%)]

29 (19.5)

21 (24.1)

8 (12.9)

0.088

 Reshape of vascular access [n (%)]

77 (51.7)

44 (56.6)

33 (53.2)

0.750

Hemodialysis shift

 Daytime [n (%)]

112 (75.2)

70 (80.5)

42 (67.7)

0.011

 Night [n (%)]

37 (24.8)

17 (19.5)

20 (32.3)

0.742

Employed at the time of investigation [n (%)]

84 (56.4)

71 (81.6)

13 (21.0)

<0.001

  1. Data on age and hemodialysis vintage are shown as mean ± standard deviation. The chi-square tests were used for comparisons of sex, underlying diseases, complications, and employed at the time of investigation. The t test was used for comparisons of age and hemodialysis vintage