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Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics |
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| Characteristic |
With GI events (N = 42) |
Without GI events (N = 20) |
Total (N = 62) |
p-value for overall group difference |
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| Age (mean, SD) |
(41.8, 10.6) |
(43.4, 13.0) |
(42.3, 11.4) |
0.617 |
| Gender (n, % Male) |
(22, 52.4%) |
(13, 65.0%) |
(35, 56.5%) |
0.349 |
| Domestic status (n, % yes) |
0.418 |
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| Living alone |
(2, 4.8%) |
(2, 10.0%) |
(4, 6.5%) |
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| Living with a partner or spouse |
(35, 83.3%) |
(15, 75.0%) |
(50, 80.6%) |
|
| Other |
(5, 11.9%) |
(2, 10.0%) |
(7, 11.3%) |
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| Missing |
(0, 0.0%) |
(1, 5.0%) |
(1, 1.6%) |
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| Education completed (n, % yes) |
0.183 |
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| Elementary/primary school |
(11, 26.2%) |
(11, 55.0%) |
(22, 35.5%) |
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| Secondary/high school |
(18, 42.9%) |
(4, 20.0%) |
(22, 35.5%) |
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| College degree |
(8, 19.0%) |
(4, 20.0%) |
(12, 19.4%) |
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| Post-graduate degree |
(3, 7.1%) |
(1, 5.0%) |
(4, 6.5%) |
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| Other |
(2, 4.8%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(2, 3.2%) |
|
| Time since transplant (mean, SD, in years) |
(3.6, 4.4) |
(2.6, 2.8) |
(3.3, 4.0) |
0.401 |
| Type of transplant (n, % yes) |
0.956 |
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| Cadaver |
(27, 64.3%) |
(13, 65.0%) |
(40, 64.5%) |
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| Living donor |
(15, 35.7%) |
(7, 35.0%) |
(22, 35.5%) |
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| GI complications 1 (n, % yes) |
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| Diarrhea |
(25, 59.5%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(25, 40.3%) |
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| Dyspepsia |
(32, 76.2%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(32, 51.6%) |
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| Nausea |
(21, 50.0%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(21, 33.9%) |
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| Vomiting |
(6, 14.3%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(6, 9.7%) |
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| Abdominal pain/bloating/fullness |
(38, 90.5%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(38, 61.3%) |
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| GI bleeding |
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| Other |
(22, 52.4%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(22, 35.5%) |
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| Pyrosis |
(6, 14.3%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(6, 9.7%) |
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| Acid reflux |
(4, 9.5%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(4, 6.5%) |
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| All others |
(12, 28.6%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(12, 19.4%) |
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| Severity of GI complaints (n, % yes) |
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| None |
(0, 0.0%) |
(20, 100.0%) |
(20, 32.3%) |
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| Mild |
(6, 14.3%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(6, 9.7%) |
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| Moderate |
(32, 76.2%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(32, 51.6%) |
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| Severe |
(4, 9.5%) |
(0, 0.0%) |
(4, 6.5%) |
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p-values were calculated using a two-sided t-test for continuous variables and using a chi-square test for categorical variables 1 Not mutually exclusive | ||||
Machnicki et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6:53 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-6-53 |
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