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. 2008 Nov;3(6):1792–1799. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01890408

Table 1.

Population characteristics, compared by race/ethnicity (n = 8918)a

Characteristic Racial/Ethnic Groups
P
All White Black Hispanic Other
Race (%) 100 72.9 (2.2) 11.0 (1.3) 11.4 (1.3) 4.7 (0.4)
GFR (ml/min per 1.73 m2) 87.0 (0.6) 82.9 (0.6) 97.4 (0.9) 100.6 (1.0) 92.5 (1.2) <0.0001
    <60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (%) 8.1 (0.5) 9.5 (0.6) 5.4 (0.5) 2.8 (0.5) 5.0 (1.2) <0.0001
GFR (ml/min) 96.0 (0.7) 92.4 (0.7) 110.4 (1.1) 105.5 (1.1) 94.8 (1.3) <0.0001
    <60 ml/min (%) 6.5 (0.5) 7.5 (0.6) 4.1 (0.5) 3.0 (0.4) 4.5 (0.9) <0.0001
Serum creatinine (mg/dl) 0.9 (<0.1) 0.9 (<0.1) 1.0 (<0.1) 0.8 (<0.1) 0.9 (<0.1) <0.0001
Urinary ACR (mg/g) 28.7 (2.3) 23.1 (2.1) 58.6 (11.9) 31.4 (5.0) 39.0 (9.0) 0.0067
    ≥30 (%) 9.0 (0.4) 8.0 (0.4) 12.1 (1.0) 10.9 (0.8) 13.3 (2.1) <0.0001
Age (yr) 46.6 (0.4) 48.3 (0.5) 43.8 (0.5) 39.6 (0.5) 43.5 (0.8) <0.0001
Female (%) 51.7 (0.5) 51.4 (0.6) 55.1 (1.0) 49.5 (1.0) 53.6 (2.9) 0.0053
BMI (kg/m2) 28.4 (0.1) 28.2 (0.2) 30.4 (0.2) 28.6 (0.2) 26.2 (0.4) <0.0001
Born outside United States (%) 15.1 (1.5) 5.4 (0.9) 8.9 (2.2) 66.2 (3.1) 56.7 (4.4) <0.0001
Self-reported diabetes (%) 7.7 (0.4) 7.0 (0.5) 11.0 (0.6) 8.9 (1.0) 8.0 (1.3) 0.0005
Self reported hypertension (%) 29.9 (0.9) 31.2 (1.1) 35.3 (1.1) 17.9 (1.5) 25.0 (2.6) <0.0001
Serum iron (mg/dl) 86.7 (0.7) 88.3 (0.7) 75.0 (0.6) 86.9 (1.1) 88.7 (2.4) <0.0001
Red blood cell folate (mg/dl) 292.7 (2.8) 308.6 (3.7) 230.2 (2.6) 264.1 (4.9) 264.3 (7.0) <0.0001
Vitamin B12 (pg/ml) 538.1 (8.9) 513.0 (8.9) 596.4 (30.9) 647.2 (39.6) 527.4 (18.0) 0.0086
a

Column percentages are reported throughout. Numbers in parentheses represent SE. ANOVA and χ2 analysis, respectively, were used for between-group comparisons of continuous and categorical variables. ACR, albumin-creatinine ratio; BMI, body mass index.