Table 1 Patients Characteristics

	Total No.(n,%)	Total		Hemodialysis		Peritoneal Dialysis		Transplant
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
	Gender
	Male	44	47.8	5	11.4	20	45.5	19	43.2
	Female	48	52.2	6	12.5	24	50.0	18	37.5
	Age (mean ± SD)	12.1 ± 4.21		11.6 ± 5.26		12.6 ± 4.25		11.6 ± 3.84
	2-4 years: toddler	6	6.5	2	33.3	3	50.0	1	16.7
	5-7 years: young child	8	8.7	1	12.5	3	37.5	4	50.0
	8-12 years: child	26	28.3	1	3.8	10	38.5	15	57.7
	13-18 years: adolescent	52	56.5	7	13.5	28	53.8	17	32.7
	Cause of ESRD
Child	CGN	37	40.2	4	10.8	21	56.8	12	32.4
	CPN	3	3.3	0	0.0	1	33.3	2	66.7
	Genetic Disease	18	19.6	2	11.1	7	38.9	9	50.0
	Others	20	21.7	5	25.0	9	45.0	6	30.0
	Unknown cause	14	15.2	0	0.0	6	42.9	8	57.1
	Age at diagnosis of ESRD
	≤ 4 years	28	30.4	5	17.9	7	25.0	16	57.1
	> 4 years	64	69.6	6	9.4	37	57.8	21	32.8
	Duration after diagnosis of ESRD
	< 5 years	51	55.4	6	11.8	35	68.6	10	19.6
	≥ 5 years	41	44.6	5	12.2	9	22.0	27	65.9
	Father's age (mean ± SD)	45.2 ± 5.03		44.3 ± 4.43		45.7 ± 5.18		44.8 ± 5.09
	< 40 years	14	15.2	2	14.3	5	35.7	7	50.0
	≥ 40 years	78	84.8	9	11.5	39	50.0	30	38.5
	Father's educational level
	High school or below	44	47.8	5	11.4	19	43.2	20	45.5
	College or over	48	52.2	6	12.5	25	52.1	17	35.4
	Mother's age (mean ± SD)	42.5 ± 4.77		40.8 ± 4.14		43.3 ± 5.18		41.9 ± 4.28
Parent	< 40 years	26	28.3	5	19.2	8	30.8	13	50.0
	≥ 40 years	66	71.7	6	9.1	36	54.5	24	36.4
	Mother's educational level
	High school or below	53	57.6	7	13.2	25	47.2	21	39.6
	College or over	39	42.4	4	10.3	19	48.7	16	41.0
	Parental marital status
	Married	82	89.1	9	11.0	41	50.0	32	39.0
	Divorced, Separated	10	10.9	2	20.0	3	30.0	5	50.0
	Total	92	100.0	11	12.0	44	47.8	37	40.2

CGN, chronic glomerulonephritis; CPN, chronic pyelonephritis; ESRD, end-stage renal disease.

ISSN: 1477-7525