Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients included in the study

Characteristics:

Age, mean ± SD (range)

57.82 ± 10.63

N

%

Male sex

30

60.7%

BMI (Kg/m²)

30.1 ± 2.4

Education

N

%

High school diploma or degree

6

26.45%

Middle school or lower

44

73.55%

Time spent on dialysis, mean (months) ± SD

40.92 ± 47.31

Years of disease, mean ± SD

19.51 ± 13.54

Original Nephrological disease

N

%

Hypertensive nephrosclerosis

11

21%

Diabetic nephropathy

5

11%

Chronic glomerulonephritis

19

38.57%

Polycystic kidney

13

25.43%

Unknown

2

4%