Table 2

- Associations between different groups and characteristics of renal failure patients receiving hemodialysis.

VariablesPositive (n=133)Negative (n=34)P-values
Gender
Male40 (81.6)9 (18.4)0.833
Female93 (78.8)25 (21.2)
Age group (years)
<194 (80.0)1 (20.0)0.842
20-4039 (76.5)12 (23.5)
41-6050 (83.3)10 (16.7)
>6040 (78.4)11 (21.6)
Time of diagnosis with renal failure
Before vaccine was started93 (80.9)22 (19.1)0.542
After vaccination was started40 (76.9)12 (23.1)
Cause of renal failure
Diabetes47 (75.8)15 (24.2)0.890
Hypertension25 (78.1)7 (21.9)
Hereditary/congenital8 (88.9)1 (11.1)
Other disease(s)15 (83.3)3 (16.7)
Unknown38 (82.6)8 (17.4)
Previous COVID-19 infection
No108 (81.8)24 (18.2)0.236
Yes25 (71.4)10 (28.6)
Type of vaccines received
Homogenous86 (77.5)25 (22.5)0.417
Heterogeneous47 (83.9)9 (16.1)
Number of doses
One0 (0.0)7 (100)< 0.001*
251 (77.3)15 (22.7)
382 (87.2)12 (12.8)
Time since last dose
10 weeks77 (84.5)14 (15.4)0.087
12 weeks56 (73.7)20 (26.3)
  • Values are presented as numbers and precentages (%).

  • * Significant at 95% confidence level. Data presented are obtained from Fisher’s exact test. COVID-19: coronavirus disease-19