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Table 1 Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

From: Gastrointestinal (GI)-Specific patient reported outcomes instruments differentiate between renal transplant patients with or without GI symptoms: results from a South American cohort

Characteristic

With GI events

(N = 42)

Without GI events

(N = 20)

Total

(N = 62)

p-value

for overall

group

difference

Age (mean, SD)

(41.8, 10.6)

(43.4, 13.0)

(42.3, 11.4)

0.617

Gender (n, % Male)

(22, 52.4%)

(13, 65.0%)

(35, 56.5%)

0.349

Domestic status (n, % yes)

   

0.418

   Living alone

(2, 4.8%)

(2, 10.0%)

(4, 6.5%)

 

   Living with a partner or spouse

(35, 83.3%)

(15, 75.0%)

(50, 80.6%)

 

   Other

(5, 11.9%)

(2, 10.0%)

(7, 11.3%)

 

   Missing

(0, 0.0%)

(1, 5.0%)

(1, 1.6%)

 

Education completed (n, % yes)

   

0.183

   Elementary/primary school

(11, 26.2%)

(11, 55.0%)

(22, 35.5%)

 

   Secondary/high school

(18, 42.9%)

(4, 20.0%)

(22, 35.5%)

 

   College degree

(8, 19.0%)

(4, 20.0%)

(12, 19.4%)

 

   Post-graduate degree

(3, 7.1%)

(1, 5.0%)

(4, 6.5%)

 

   Other

(2, 4.8%)

(0, 0.0%)

(2, 3.2%)

 

Time since transplant (mean, SD, in years)

(3.6, 4.4)

(2.6, 2.8)

(3.3, 4.0)

0.401

Type of transplant (n, % yes)

   

0.956

   Cadaver

(27, 64.3%)

(13, 65.0%)

(40, 64.5%)

 

   Living donor

(15, 35.7%)

(7, 35.0%)

(22, 35.5%)

 

GI complications 1 (n, % yes)

    

   Diarrhea

(25, 59.5%)

(0, 0.0%)

(25, 40.3%)

 

   Dyspepsia

(32, 76.2%)

(0, 0.0%)

(32, 51.6%)

 

   Nausea

(21, 50.0%)

(0, 0.0%)

(21, 33.9%)

 

   Vomiting

(6, 14.3%)

(0, 0.0%)

(6, 9.7%)

 

   Abdominal pain/bloating/fullness

(38, 90.5%)

(0, 0.0%)

(38, 61.3%)

 

   GI bleeding

    

   Other

(22, 52.4%)

(0, 0.0%)

(22, 35.5%)

 

Pyrosis

(6, 14.3%)

(0, 0.0%)

(6, 9.7%)

 

Acid reflux

(4, 9.5%)

(0, 0.0%)

(4, 6.5%)

 

   All others

(12, 28.6%)

(0, 0.0%)

(12, 19.4%)

 

Severity of GI complaints (n, % yes)

    

   None

(0, 0.0%)

(20, 100.0%)

(20, 32.3%)

 

   Mild

(6, 14.3%)

(0, 0.0%)

(6, 9.7%)

 

   Moderate

(32, 76.2%)

(0, 0.0%)

(32, 51.6%)

 

   Severe

(4, 9.5%)

(0, 0.0%)

(4, 6.5%)

 
  1. p-values were calculated using a two-sided t-test for continuous variables and using a chi-square test for categorical variables
  2. 1 Not mutually exclusive