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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Nutr. 2008 Nov 24;48(1):38–44. doi: 10.1007/s00394-008-0757-0

Table 1.

Demographic and health characteristics of men and women, aged ≥65 years, with and without chronic kidney disease at enrollment in the InCHIANTI Study

Characteristic1 Chronic Kidney Disease N = 153 No Chronic Kidney Disease N = 855 P
N % or Median (25th, 75th percentile) N % or Median (25th, 75th percentile)
Age, years 65-69 18 6.4 264 93.6 <0.0001
70-74 29 10.7 242 89.3
75-79 34 16.3 175 83.7
80-84 33 29.0 81 71.0
85-89 24 28.9 59 71.1
≥90 15 30.6 34 69.4
Sex Male 39 8.9 400 91.1 <0.0001
Female 114 20.0 455 80.0
Education, years 152 5.0 (3.0, 5.0) 855 5.0 (4.0, 6.0) <0.0001
Smoking status Never 105 17.5 494 82.5 0.02
Former 36 13.2 236 86.8
Current 12 8.8 125 91.2
Body mass index (kg/m2) 138 27.2 (24.1, 29.8) 808 27.2 (27.8, 27.2) 0.83
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 153 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) 855 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) <0.0001
Serum creatinine (μmol/L) 153 97 (88, 115) 855 80 (71, 88) <0.0001
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m2) 153 53.8 (48.5, 57.0) 855 76.3 (69.5, 87.0) <0.0001
Plasma CML (ng/mL) 153 390 (323, 475) 855 344 (285, 413) <0.0001
Mini-Mental Exam Score <24 62 40.5 229 26.8 0.0006
Hypertension 82 53.5 397 46.3 0.10
Angina 8 5.2 39 4.6 0.71
Peripheral artery disease 13 8.5 49 5.7 0.19
Congestive heart failure 19 12.4 35 4.1 <0.0001
Stroke 15 9.8 36 4.2 0.004
Diabetes mellitus 21 13.7 108 12.6 0.71
Depression 44 31.9 164 19.8 0.001
Cancer 20 13.1 45 5.3 0.0003
1

Median (25th, 75th percentile) for continuous variables or percent of participants with specific characteristic as noted. For variables with multiple categories, row percentages are shown.