| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between socioeconomic status (SEs) and hypertension, one of the major underlying diagnosis of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), among dialysis patients. Age, race, gender, and smoking status were also included in the model. Tkis was a cross-sectional study in a population of dialysis patients at the Piedmont Dialysis Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, L'U, or at one of its three satellite clinics. There were 368 participants with rtzean and median age of 54.5 (sad., ' 14.3) and 55.9 years, respectively. Among them 180 (48.9%) were men and 196 (53.3%) were Black. The outcome variable was prevalence of hypertension. Socioeconomic status was measured by occupation and education that were analyzed separately. Chi-square and logistic regression metho& were used to perform univariate and multivariate analyses. | id |
