Table 1: Socioeconomic characteristics at the time of the initiation of the hemodialysis therapy.

Characteristics Frequency (%)
(n=214)
p&
Age (years)* 61.26 13.28
Gender 0.92
Male 106 (49.53)
Female 108 (50.47)
Employment status <0.05
Retired 168 (78.50)
Unemployed 43 (20.10)
Employed 3 (1.40)
Educational level <0.05
4 years of formal education 157 (73.36)
> 4 years of formal education 57 (26.64)
Monthly per capita income <0.05
< US$300.00 89 (41.59)
> US$300.00 and < US$450.00 84 (39.25)
> US$450.00 41 (19.16)
Etiology of CKD
Hypertensive nephroesclerosis 110 (51.40)
Diabetic nephropathy 87 (40.65)
Polycystic kidney disease 4 (1.88)
Unknown 13 (6.07)

& The Chi-square test was used to compare the frequencies of each event. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05
* Median ± Standard deviation.