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. 2024 Mar 20;46:e2024041. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2024041

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants across the 3 baseline eGFR groups (n=358,293)

Characteristics Overall eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)
Group 1 (eGFR≥90, n=114,986) Group 2 (60≤eGFR<90, n=208,708) Group 3 (eGFR<60, n=34,599) p-value1
Person-years (total) 3,470,426.78 1,127,480.18 2,021,331.03 321,615.57
Person-years (average) 9.69±1.55 9.81±1.29 9.68±1.54 9.30±2.17 <0.001
Age (yr) 58.77±8.94 56.13±6.66 59.26±9.23 64.62±10.43 <0.001
Sex <0.001
 Male 194,063 (54.2) 58,894 (51.2) 117,031 (56.1) 18,138 (52.4)
 Female 164,230 (45.8) 56,092 (48.8) 91,677 (43.9) 16,461 (47.6)
BMI (kg/m2) 24.01±2.92 23.86±2.93 24.06±2.90 24.24±3.03 <0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg) 125.29±15.27 124.38±15.05 125.39±15.26 127.65±15.76 <0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 77.58±9.96 77.32±10.02 77.67±9.91 77.91±10.04 <0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 200.07±37.68 198.52±37.08 200.92±37.56 200.14±40.10 <0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 117 (83-169) 113 (79-163) 118 (84-170) 127 (91-182) <0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 55.27±30.93 55.83±29.95 54.39±23.81 58.80±59.06 <0.001
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 118.62±38.16 117.31±38.84 119.38±37.75 118.41±38.25 <0.001
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) 100.99±25.25 100.21±25.18 100.79±24.44 104.81±29.57 <0.001
SCr (mg/dL) 1.09±1.33 0.73±0.13 0.96±0.15 3.07±3.71 <0.001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 80.89±19.40 100.10±7.99 76.79±8.23 41.79±20.45 <0.001
Urine protein level <0.001
 Normal 338,290 (94.9) 109,735 (95.7) 197,817 (95.1) 30,738 (89.6)
 Trace 8,352 (2.3) 2,452 (2.1) 4,659 (2.2) 1,241 (3.6)
 1+ 6,582 (1.8) 1,728 (1.5) 3,622 (1.7) 1,232 (3.6)
 ≥2+ 3,669 (1.0) 783 (0.7) 1,804 (0.9) 1,082 (3.2)
AST (U/L) 24 (20-29) 23 (20-29) 24 (20-29) 24 (20-29) <0.001
ALT (U/L) 21 (16-29) 21 (16-29) 21 (16-29) 20 (15-27) <0.001
GGT (U/L) 24 (17-40) 24 (16-41) 25 (17-40) 24 (17-38) <0.001
Smoking amount (pack-years) 7.52±13.83 7.37±13.62 7.65±13.87 7.16±14.26 <0.001
Smoking status <0.001
 Never smoker 227,475 (64.7) 73,908 (65.5) 130,661 (63.8) 22,906 (67.4)
 Former smoker 63,739 (18.1) 18,208 (16.1) 39,078 (19.1) 6,453 (19.0)
 Current smoker 60,346 (17.2) 20,656 (18.3) 35,088 (17.1) 4,602 (13.5)
Alcohol consumption 49,034 (13.8) 17,230 (15.1) 28,250 (13.7) 3,554 (10.4) <0.001
Physical activity 60,133 (17.0) 18,953 (16.7) 35,334 (17.2) 5,846 (17.1) 0.003
COPD 105,801 (29.5) 30,876 (26.8) 62,229 (29.8) 12,696 (36.7) <0.001
Asthma 71,392 (19.9) 20,867 (18.1) 41,885 (20.1) 8,640 (25.0) <0.001
Development of lung cancer 5,757 (1.6) 1,519 (1.3) 3,481 (1.7) 757 (2.2) <0.001

Values are presented as the mean±standard deviation, number (%), or median (interquartile range).

eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; SCr, serum creatinine; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, gamma-glutamyltransferase; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1

Using analysis of variance for continuous variables and the chi-square test for categorical variables.