Table 2 Patient Characteristics
From: Advance care planning with patients on hemodialysis: an implementation study
Characteristic | % (n) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 49% (61) |
Male | 51% (64) |
Age (years) | |
18–64 | 31% (39) |
65+ | 69% (86) |
Race, Ethnicity | |
American Indian | 12% (15) |
Asian | 1% (1) |
Native Hawaiian | 0% (0) |
Black or African American | 14% (18) |
White | 46% (57) |
More than 1 race | 4% (5) |
Unknown or Other | 23% (21) |
Ethnicity | |
Hispanic or Latino | 37% (46) |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 62% (78) |
Unknown or not reported | 1% (1) |
Education (N = 124) | |
<High school education | 22% (22) |
Graduated | 32% (40) |
Some college | 28% (35) |
College graduate | 18% (23) |
Medical History (N = 120) | |
History of myocardial infarction | 23% (24) |
History of diabetes | 73% (87) |