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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the sample (N = 31)

From: Spanish validation of the "Kidney Transplant Questionnaire": a useful instrument for assessing health related quality of life in kidney transplant patients

Sociodemographic and clinical variables at start of follow-up (1 month postransplantation)

Median age (Interc. range)

  

51 years (38 – 57)

   

Male gender (%)

  

21 males (68%)

   

Economic level (%)

<900 €/month (38%)

900–1,800 €/m. (48%)

>1,800 €/m. (14%)

Educational level (%)

Primary (43%)

Secondary (38%)

University (19%)

Living conditions (%)

Alone (10.3%)

In family (86.2%)

Institution (3.4%)

Work status (%)

Active working (4%)

No active working (96%)

Main diagnosis (%)

NE

(7.1%)

DM

(17.9%)

GN

(25%)

IN

(14.3%)

PK.

(17.9%)

Other

(17.9%)

Variables Evolution

1 st month postrasplantation

  

12 th month postrasplantation

  

Karnof. Scale. Median (int. range)

90 (80 – 100)

  

100 (90 – 100)

  

Comorbidity Index (Mean ± SD)

3.24 ± 2.25

  

3.45 ± 2.31

  

Hemoglobina grs/dL (mean ± SD)

11.69 ± 1.19

  

13.75 ± 13.50 **

  

SCr mgr/dL (mean ± SD)

1.54 ± 0.50

  

1.46 ± 0.43

  

ClCr mL/min (mean ± SD)

66.80 ± 20.18

  

76.42 ± 25.50 *

  

Albumin grs/dL (mean ± SD)

3.87± 0.34

  

5.05 ± 6.27

  

Proteinuria grs/24 h (mean ± SD)

0.38 ± 0.27

  

0.37 ± 0.35

  
  1. Main Diagnosis: NE-Nephrosclerosis; DM-Diabetes Mellitus; GN-Glomerulonephritis; IN-Interstitial Nephritis; PK-Policystic Kidney Disease; Other-other diagnosis Scr: seric creatinine ClCr: creatinine clearance * Paired Student t test. P < 0.05 ** Paired Student t test. P < 0.01