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. 2008 Mar;3(2):442–449. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03940907

Table 1.

Demographic data by race

Variable Race
P value
White Black Other
Female gender 2823 (51.7%) 675 (49.8%) 477 (57.6%) <0.001
Age over 65 4524 (77.3%) 898 (66.8%) 705 (62.7%) <0.001
Seen by nephrology 999 (17.1)% 448 (33.3%) 177 (15.7%) <0.001
CKD stage 3 5459 (93.3%) 1205 (89.7%) 1065 (94.7%) <0.001
CKD stage 4 390 (6.7%) 139 (10.3%) 60 (5.3%) <0.001
Dx CAD 1621 (27.7%) 323 (24.0%) 176 (15.6%) <0.001
Dx CHF 869 (14.9%) 231 (17.2%) 64 (5.7%) <0.001
Dx DM 1843 (31.5%) 679 (51.9%) 427 (38.0%) <0.001
Dx HTN 4880 (83.4%) 1226 (91.2%) 927 (82.4%) <0.001

Dx, diagnosis; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CAD, coronary artery disease, CHF, congestive heart failure; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension