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Table 1 Participant characteristics amongst respondents to post-screening survey

From: The association between individual counselling and health behaviour change: the See Kidney Disease (SeeKD) targeted screening programme for chronic kidney disease

 

Respondents (N = 1129a)

Gender, male, n (%)

337 (29.9)

Age (years), mean (SD)

63.8 (14.3)

Age (years), n (%)

 

 ≤ 49

183 (16.3)

 50–64

345 (30.8)

 ≥ 65

594 (52.9)

eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, n (%)

208 (20.6)

Self-reported behaviour change, n (%)

1014 (89.8)

Motivation for participating, n (%)

 Concern for personal health status

618 (54.7)

 Influence from external source

227 (20.1)

 Recruitment efforts

361 (32.0)

 None

110 (9.7)

Self-reported risk factors, n (%)

 Diagnosed diabetes

274 (24.3)

 Diagnosed hypertension

524 (45.5)

 Problems with kidneys

156 (13.8)

 High-risk ethnic groups

509 (45.1)

 Vascular disease

268 (23.7)

 Family history of kidney problems

166 (14.7)

 Smoking or tobacco use

128 (11.3)

Knowledge of risk factors for CKD, n (%)

 Yes

1017 (90.1)

 No

110 (9.7)

Body mass index, n (%)

 Normal/underweight (≤ 24.9 kg/m2)

385 (34.1)

 Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2)

376 (33.3)

 Obese (≥ 30.0 kg/m2)

315 (27.9)

  1. SD standard deviation, CKD chronic kidney disease, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate
  2. aDenominators vary for each variable depending on the number of participants with complete data available