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. 2024 Aug 5;25:251. doi: 10.1186/s12882-024-03681-0

Table 2.

Associations between sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics and eGFR < 90 in participants without diabetes, hypertension, proteinuria, n = 821

Model 1 minimal adjustment Model 2 full adjustment Model 3 minimal adjustment Model 4 full adjustment
eGFR eGFR eGFR < 90 eGFR < 90
Variable Coefficient (95%CI)a Coefficient (95%CI)b Coefficient (95%CI)a Coefficient (95%CI)b
Age (per 10-year increase) c -9.07 (-10.17, -7.98) -9.20 (-10.44, -7.97) 1.77 (1.54, 2.06) 1.79 (1.53, 2.13)
Sex d
Male 1.57 (-1.23, 4.38) 0.45 (-2.85, 3.76) 0.85 (0.56, 1.28) 0.90 (0.55, 1.49)
Female Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Study area
Urban (Area 25) Ref. Ref. Ref Ref.
Rural (Bonje) 7.39 (4.34, 10.44) 7.47 (3.43, 11.52) 0.37 (0.24, 0.57) 0.43 (0.24, 0.79)
Education (years)
≤ 5 5.27 (-0.53, 11.09) 5.04 (-0.84, 10.93) 1.13 (0.53, 2.34) 1.08 (0.50, 2.27)
> 5 ≤ 10 1.16 (-2.00, 4.33) 1.20 (-1.99, 4.41) 0.87 (0.54, 1.41) 0.87 (0.53, 1.41)
> 10 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Occupation
Agricultural worker -1.05 (-4.59, 2.47) -1.07 (-4.65, 2.51) 0.69 (0.41, 1.21) 0.69 (0.40, 1.21)
Non-agricultural worker Ref. Ref. Ref.
Household monthly income (MK) e
Unknown -1.86 (-11.57, 7.84) -2.95 (-12.75, 6.83) 0.73 (0.11, 3.04) 0.80 (0.11, 3.35)
MK 0 ≤ 20,000 0.10 (-2.99, 3.20) -0.36 (-3.54, 2.80) 1.21 (0.77, 1.94) 1.29 (0.81, 2.11)
MK > 20,000 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
BMI (kg/m 2 )
Per 5 kg increase -1.64(-3.48, 0.20) -1.59 (-3.45, 0.27) 1.09 (0.85, 1.39) 1.10 (0.86, 1.42)
Fat-free mass
Per 5 kg increase -0.02 (-0.10, 0.05) -0.01 (-0.10, 0.06) 0.99 (0.93, 1.01) 0.99 (0.00, 1.01)
Healthy lifestyle choices
Non-smoker or alcohol drinker -2.43 (-5.97, 1.10) -2.34 (-5.92, 1.22) 1.02 (0.62, 1.73) 1.00 (0.60, 1.71)
Smoker and alcohol drinker Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Regular meat eater
Yes -0.35 (-2.91, 3.62) -0.29 (-3.04, 3.63) 0.90 (0.55, 1.44) 0.91 (0.55, 1.48)
No Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.

Hypertension = systolic bp ≥ 140 mmHg, or diastolic bp ≥ 90 mmHg; Diabetes = fasting glucose > = 7 mg/l; Proteinuria = ACR > = 30 mg/mmol

aminimal adjustment for age, sex and area

ball variables mutually adjusted

cadjusted for sex and area

dadjusted for age and area

eExchange rate (MK to USD) 0.001 at time of questionnaire