Table 1

Participant characteristics in month of interview*

	Participants
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Years with ESRD	23	14	5	14	12	11	12
Years on NHD	6	1	1	11	11	8	9
Nights per week of NHD	4	5	3	5	6	4	5
Hours per night of NHD	8	7.5	9	8	7.5	8	8
History of cancer	No	Yes†	No	Yes†	No	No	Yes†
History of ischaemic heart disease	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BMI (kg/m²)	26.2	31.5	29.7	28	26.2	24.4	20.1
Albumin (g/L)	44	36	43	40	33	38	38
Calcium (mmol/L)	2.66	2.28	2.71	2.62	2.31	2.25	2.55
Phosphate (mmol/L)	2.06	1.10	1.57	2.49	1.36	1.51	0.93
Haemoglobin (g/L)	103	98	133	121	119	138	108
Antihypertensive drug use	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No

*Respondent characteristics including age, gender, race, underlying disease, previous transplant history and current employment status have not been included in this table to comply with norms in the publication of qualitative research designed to maintain confidentiality.16
†Respondent was cancer free at the time of decision regarding transplantation and was deemed transplant-eligible.
BMI, body mass index; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; NHD, nocturnal haemodialysis.