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Table 1 Participants’ background characteristics and their relationship to renal impairment (n = 421)

From: The association between renal impairment and polypharmacy among older Palestinian patients: a multi-center cross-sectional study

 

Total

Renal Impairment

P-value*

Frequency (%)

Yes (127)

Frequency (%)

No (284)

Frequency (%)

Gender

 Male

197(46.8%)

40 (20.3%)

157 (79.7%)

<.001

 Female

224(53.2%)

87 (38.8%)

137 (61.2%)

 

Age

 65–69

144(34.2%)

29 (20.1%)

115 (79.9%)

<.001

 70–74

135(32.1%)

37 (27.4%)

98 (72.6%)

 

 75–79

71(16.9%)

25 (35.2%)

46 (64.8%)

 

  ≥ 80

71(16.9%)

36 (50.7%)

35 (49.3%)

 

Residency

 Urban

228(54.2%)

61 (26.8%)

167 (73.2%)

.061

 Rural

193(45.8%)

66 (34.2%)

127 (65.8%)

 

Educational level

 Primary education or less

249 (59.1%)

93 (37.3%)

156 (62.7%)

<.001

 High school

75 (17.8%)

17 (22.7%)

58 (77.3%)

 

 Diploma or higher

97 (23.1%)

17 (17.5%)

80 (82.5%)

 

Income per month (US Dollar)

 Less than 600

255 (60.6%)

92 (36.1%)

163 (63.9%)

.003

 600–1199

144 (34.2%)

32 (22.2%)

112 (77.8%)

 

 More than 1200

22 (5.2%)

3 (13.6%)

19 (86.4%)

 

Marital status

 Married

279(66.3%)

74 (26.5%)

205 (73.5%)

.022

 Unmarried

142(33.7%)

53 (37.3%)

89 (62.7%)