Variable | Frequency (%); N = 118 |
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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) |