Socioeconomic Status And Hypertension Among Dialysis Patients: Kidney Outcomes Predictions and Evaluations Study

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.