Attitudes to Medication after Kidney Transplantation and Their Association with Medication Adherence and Graft Survival: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study

Table 3

Patient characteristics of respondents and nonrespondents.

Demographics	Respondents; (n = 113)	Nonrespondents; (n = 55)	P value
	n (%)	n (%)
Age (years)
18–29	9 (8%)	5 (9.1%)	0.804
30–45	27 (23.9%)	8 (14.5%)	0.161
46–64	59 (52.2%)	34 (61.8%)	0.240
65+	18 (15.9%)	8 (14.5%)	0.816
Gender
Male	73 (64.6%)	37 (67.3%)	0.733
Female	40 (35.4%)	18 (32.7%)
Education level
High	22 (19.5%)	5 (10%)	0.134
Middle	64 (56.6%)	28 (56%)	0.940
Low	27 (23.9%)	17 (34%)	0.180
Unknown		5
Ethnicity
Caucasian	86 (78.9%)	40 (74.1%)	0.489
Asian	9 (8.3%)	4 (7.4%)	0.851
African	10 (9.2%)	4 (7.4%)	0.705
Turkish	2 (1.8%)	3 (5.6%)	0.195
Other	2 (1.8%)	3 (5.6%)	0.195
Unknown	4	1
Kidney transplant
Living donor	89 (78.8%)	42 (76.4%)	0.725
Deceased donor	24 (21.2%)	13 (23.6%)
Number of transplants (median, range)	1 (1–5)	1 (1–3)	0.690
Marital status
Married	69 (63.3%)	28 (51.9%)	0.161
Living together	14 (12.8%)	5 (9.3%)	0.502
Single	16 (14.7%)	19 (35.2%)	0.003
Divorced	8 (7.3%)	1 (1.9%)	0.149
Widow/widower	2 (1.8%)	1 (1.9%)	0.994
Other	4	1