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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Nutritional status and quality of life in diabetic patients on hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Variable

Frequency (%); N = 118

Age category (year)

 <60

47 (39.8)

 ≥60

71 (60.2)

Gender

 Male

79 (66.9)

 Female

39 (33.1)

BMI category

 Healthy weight range

26 (22.0)

 Overweight range

46 (39.0)

 Obese range

46 (39.0)

Highest level of education

 No formal education

8 (6.8)

 Primary or middle school

61 (51.7)

 Secondary school

32 (27.1)

 Higher education

17 (14.4)

Household monthly income

 Low (<2000 NIS)

74 (62.7)

 Moderate (2000–4999 NIS)

38 (32.2)

 High (≥5000 NIS)

6 (5.1)

Residency

 Camp

18 (15.3)

 Village

40 (33.9)

 City

60 (50.8)

Living arrangement

 Alone

6 (5.1)

 With family or others

112 (94.9)

Marital status

 Single, divorced, or widowed

13 (11.0)

 Married

105 (89.0)

Employment

 Employed

8 (6.8)

 Unemployed

110 (93.2)

Dialysis vintage (years)

 <4

66 (55.9)

 ≥4

52 (44.1)

Dialysis per week

 ≤2

11 (9.3)

 3

95 (80.5)

 ≥4

12 (10.2)

Dialysis session duration (hours)

 <4

91 (77.1)

 ≥4

27 (22.9)

History of kidney transplantation

 Yes

7 (5.9)

 No

111 (94.1)

Years since the diagnosis of diabetes

 <10

16 (13.6)

 10–19

32 (27.1)

 ≥20

70 (59.3)

Total chronic co-morbid diseases other than diabetes

 ≤1

47 (39.8)

 2

37 (31.4)

 ≥3

34 (28.8)

Smoking

 Yes

28 (23.7)

 No

90 (76.3)

Total chronic medications

 <5

28 (23.7)

 ≥5

90 (76.3)

MIS category

 No to mild malnutrition

52 (44.1)

 Moderate malnutrition

62 (52.5)

 Severe malnutrition

4 (3.4)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, NIS New Israeli Shekel, MIS Malnutrition Inflammation Score