Table 4

Spearman's rank correlation coefficients of subscales of the ESRD-SCL with demographic and clinical variables


n
Limited physical capacity
Limited cognitive capacity
Cardiac and renal dysfunction
Side effects of corticosteroids
Increased growth of gum and hair
Transplantation-associated psychological distress
Total

Age (years)
53
0.22
0.18
0.18
-0.13
0.08
-0.06
0.09
Female (2) vs. male (1)
53
0.10
-0.04
0.25
0.34*
-0.05
0.07
0.17
Employment (yes/no)
53
-0.38**
-0.30*
-0.23
-0.19
-0.37**
-0.15
-0.34*
Time since transplantation (years)
53
0.19
-0.01
0.14
-0.17
0.14
-0.21
0.02
Charlson's comorbidity index
53
0.24
0.19
0.20
0.04
0.03
0.06
0.17
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
53
-0.14
-0.01
-0.29*
-0.13
0.11
-0.18
-0.20
S-creatinine (umol/L)
53
0.16
0.11
0.20
-0.04
-0.06
0.13
0.15
CsA (2) vs. Tacrolimus (1)
48
0.08
0.06
0.06
-0.05
0.48**
-0.11
0.08
No. of drugs for hypertension
53
0.15
0.08
0.15
0.03
-0.22
0.17
0.14

*<0.05 **<0.01

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