Table 1 Socio-demographic and additional information between CBHD and HBHD patients

Socio-demographic

Sex

0.757

 Female

40.2 %

39.1 %

41.0 %

 Male

59.8 %

60.9 %

59.0 %

Age (mean ± SD), year

56.6 ± 12.7

57.2 ± 13.0

56.0 ± 12.4

0.463

Educational level

0.696

 No formal education

8.6 %

10.0 %

7.5 %

 Primary

27.0 %

23.6 %

29.9 %

 Secondary

53.7 %

55.5 %

52.2 %

 Tertiary

10.7 %

10.9 %

10.4 %

Marital status

0.583

 Unmarried

34.6 %

32.7 %

36.1 %

 Married

65.4 %

67.3 %

63.9 %

Smoking status

0.152

 Non-smoker

95.1 %

97.3 %

93.3 %

 Current smoker

4.9 %

2.7 %

6.7 %

Working status

0.011*

 Not working

79.1 %

86.4 %

73.1 %

 Working

20.9 %

13.6 %

26.9 %

Come alone/Accompanied for HD session

0.494

 Alone

83.6 %

81.8 %

85.1 %

 Accompanied by others

16.4 %

18.2 %

14.9 %

Transportation to dialysis center

0.024*

 Walk

8.2 %

8.2 %

8.2 %

 Public transport

74.6 %

81.8 %

68.7 %

 Taxi/ others

17.2 %

10.0 %

23.1 %

Clinical and Co-morbidity information

Kt/V

0.337

 Target^a not achieved

26.8 %

29.6 %

23.8 %

 Target^a achieved

73.2 %

70.4 %

76.2 %

Blood haemogloblin

0.239

 <9 g/dL

22.8 %

19.4 %

26.1 %

 ≥ 9 g/dL

77.2 %

80.6 %

73.9 %

Co-morbidities

 Yes

78.1 %

77.8 %

78.4 %

0.914

 No

21.9 %

22.2 %

21.6 %