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. 2009 Nov 4;25(3):801–807. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp534

Table 2.

Bivariate associations of baseline characteristics with incident CKD

No CKD Incident CKD P value
n = 9991 (95.9%) n = 429 (4.1%)
n (%) n (%)
Age at time zero, years 54.8 (11.8)/54.3 59.8 (11.0) <0.0001
Male sex 4510 (45.1%) 162 (37.8%) 0.003
Race/ethnicity 2696 (27.0%) 109 (25.4%)
 African American 4335 (43.4%) 221 (51.5%)  
 Hispanic 2633 (26.4%) 89 (20.8%)  
 White 201 (2.0%) 8 (1.9%)  
 Other 126 (1.3%) 2 (0.5%) 0.008
 Missing      
Marital status 3081 (30.8%) 143 (33.3%)
 Married 6208 (62.1%) 259 (60.4%)  
 Other 702 (7.0%) 27 (6.3%) 0.51
 Unknown      
Language 6866 (68.7%) 291 (67.8%)
 English 1707 (17.1%) 78 (18.2%)  
 Spanish 367 (3.7%) 17 (4.0%)  
 Other 1051 (10.5%) 43 (10.0%) 0.91
 Missing      
Duration in hypertension registry, months 61.2 (19.2) 69.6 (16.8) <0.0001
Period of observation, months 44.1 (20.0) 57.2 (18.6) <0.0001
Comorbidities      
Diabetes 3539 (35.4%) 283 (66.0%) <0.0001
Vascular 1606 (16.1%) 115 (26.8%) <0.0001
Congestive heart failure 34 (0.3%) 3 (0.7%) 0.19
Dyslipidemia 1685 (16.9%) 81 (18.9%) 0.28
Mental health 2537 (25.4%) 77 (18.0%) 0.0005
Substance abuse 1623 (16.2%) 43 (10.0%) 0.0006
Baseline eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 99.3 (23.5) 84.2 (20.2) <0.0001

Data are presented as mean (SD) or n (%). eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; CKD = chronic kidney disease.