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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Nephrol. 2010 Mar;30(2):111–125. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2010.01.003

Table 2.

Diseases with disparate risks in European descent and African descent individuals.

Disease class Disease Relative
risk
95% confidence
interval
P Reference
group
Cardiovascular Hypertension 1.4 ND ND European
descent
Congestive heart failure 1.81* 1.07, 3.07 <0.05 Other
Endocrine Diabetes (Males) 1.04* 0.92, 1.18 ND European
descent males
Diabetes (Females) 1.14* 1.05, 1.24 ND European
descent females
Diabetic nephropathy 1.3* 1.2, 1.4 ND European
descent
Rheumatologic Systemic lupus erythematosus 2.65 ND ND European
descent females
Lupus nephritis 3.13* 1.21, 8.09 0.02 Other
Kidney FSGS ESKD 4.2 ND ND European
descent
HIV-associated nephropathy 18 ND ND European
descent
HIV-attributed ESKD 17.7 2.5, 127.0 0.004 European
descent
Hypertension-attributed ESKD 2.42* 1.52, 3.84 ND European
descent males
Pregnancy-
related
Preeclampsia 1.2 0.8, 1.7 NS European
descent females
Eclampsia 1.6 0.9, 2.3 NS European
descent females

Shown are the relative risks for African descent individuals for a number of diseases associated with particular kidney diseases or associated conditions. ND, not determined.

*

denotes adjusted for relevant co-variates. References provided in text.