Table 1 |
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| Sample characteristics | |
| Variables | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 88 (60.7) |
| Female | 57 (39.3) |
| Age | 48.1 ± 15.6 |
| Etiology of kidney disease | |
| Glomerulonephritis | 47 (43.1) |
| Hypertensive nephrosclerosis | 32 (29.4) |
| Diabetic | 12 (11.0) |
| Obstructive | 6 (5.5) |
| Polycistc | 5 (4.6) |
| Lups | 1 (0.9) |
| Undetermined | 6 (5.5) |
| Time on dialysis (months) | 53.4 ± 51.4 |
| Social Adaptation Index | 6.21 ± 1.8 |
| Social Adaptation Index | 5.97 ± 2.1 |
| without the substance abuse item | |
| Substance abuse | |
| Yes | 20 (13.8) |
| No | 125 (86.2) |
| Depression | |
| Yes | 36 (24.8) |
| No | 109 (75.2) |
| Laboratory | |
| Hemoglobin | 10.0 ± 1.7 |
| Creatinine | 8.7 ± 2.4 |
| Albumin | 4.3 ± 0.4 |
| Kt/V | 1.8 ± 0.4 |
Santos and Arcanjo BMC Nephrology 2013 14:12 doi:10.1186/1471-2369-14-12
