Table 4.

Correlation between selected cardiovascular risk factors and CKD, Human Heredity for Health in Africa Kidney Disease Research Network

Cardivascular risk factors	eGFR
	ra	P-value
Age	−0.207b	<0.001
Hypertension	−0.221	<0.001
Diabetes	−0.097	<0.001
Elevated cholesterol	−0.075	<0.001
Smoking	−0.023	0.032
Body mass index	−0.051	<0.001
Waist circumference	−0.060	<0.001

eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.

^aSpearman’s rho correlation coefficient.

^bPearson correlation coefficient.