Hemodialysis Adequacy and Its Impact on Long-Term Patient Survival in Demographically, Socially, and Culturally Homogeneous Patients

Table 4

Some demographic, cultural, medical, social, and economic characteristics of two groups that were discerned during the study.

Group	Group A	Group B	value
Religion (Shiite Moslems)	40 (100%)	40 (100%)	=1
Satisfactions with heath care provider	38 (95%)	36 (90%)	=0.33
Unemployment rate	30 (75%)	32 (80%)	=0.39
Lack of access to high quality nephrology care before initiating renal replacement therapy	28 (70%)	30 (75%)	=0.40
Ownership of residency location	0 (0%)	1 (0.25%)	=0.55
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m^2)	22.5 ± 3.19	21.04 ± 2.94	=0.64
Serum albumin (g/dl)	3.41	3.35	=0.29

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