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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Apr 8;55(6):1001–1008. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.01.016

Table 3.

Association of SES and CKD by Sex in the Jackson Heart Study

Variable Education Only Income Only Full Model
Men Women Men Women Men Women
Age (/1 y) 1.03 (1.02 –1.06) 1.03 (1.02 – 1.04) 1.04 (1.02 – 1.06) 1.03 (1.02 – 1.04) 1.04 (1.02 – 1.05) 1.03 (1.01 – 1.04)
Married 0.71 (0.50 – 1.01) 0.77 (0.61 –0.97) 0.70 (0.47 –1.04) 0.81 (0.62 – 1.05) 0.70 (0.47 –1.05) 0.81 (0.62 –1.06)
Healthcare access* 1.14 (0.92 –1.40) 1.00 (0.88 –1.15) 1.08 (0.86 –1.35) 1.00 (0.85 –1.16) 1.09 (0.87 –1.36) 1.00 (0.85 –1.16)
CVD 1.84 (1.20 –2.81) 1.81 (1.31 –2.51) 1.70 (1.05 –2.75) 1.67 (1.16 –2.40) 1.71 (1.05 –2.77) 1.66 (1.16 –2.38)
Diabetes 4.37 (3.03 –6.30) 1.95 (1.51 –2.52) 4.41 (2.93 –6.64) 1.78 (1.34 –2.37) 4.40 (2.92 –6.63) 1.78 (1.34 –2.37)
Hypertension 2.06 (1.34 –3.17) 2.65 (1.92 –3.64) 2.51 (1.54 –4.10) 3.28 (2.26 –4.76) 2.49 (1.52 –4.07) 3.29 (2.26 –4.79)
Hypercholesterolemia 1.12 (0.79 –1.59) 1.18 (0.93 –1.50) 1.15 (0.78 –1.70) 1.34 (1.03 –1.74) 1.17 (0.79 –1.73) 1.34 (1.03 –1.75)
Hypertriglyceridemia 1.50 (0.92 –2.45) 1.06 (0.65 –1.72) 1.33 (0.78 –2.26) 1.23 (0.73 –2.08) 1.35 (0.79 –2.32) 1.23 (0.73 –2.08)
BMI (/1 kg/m2) 1.06 (1.03 –1.09) 1.02 (1.00 –1.03) 1.06 (1.03 –1.09) 1.01 (0.99 –1.02) 1.06 (1.03 –1.09) 1.01 (0.99 –1.03)
Education
 < High School 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 High School 1.00 (0.60 –1.67) 0.80 (0.57 –1.12) 0.90 (0.51 –1.61) 0.90 (0.61 –1.33)
 Some College 0.78 (.47 –1.30) 0.73 (0.52 –1.04) 0.81 (0.45 –1.46) 0.85 (0.57 –1.26)
 College Degree 0. 78 (0.47 –1.30) 0.62 (0.44 –0.87) 1.01 (0.55 –1.89) 0.85 (0.56 –1.31)
 p trend .6 .05 .8 .9
Income
 Low Income 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Lower Middle 0.76 (0.39 –1.46) 0.87 (0.61 –1.24) 0.75 (0.39 –1.45) 0.88 (0.62 –1.27)
 Upper Middle 0.81 (0.42 –1.55) 0.70 (0.49 –1.02) 0.80 (0.41 –1.56) 0.74 (0.50 –1.09)
 High Income 0.49 (0.25 –0.96) 0.60 (0.40 –0.92) 0.47 (0.23 –0.97) 0.64 (0.40 –1.03)
 p trend .08 .08 .1 .3

Note: All variables included in the analysis are listed in the table. Values shown are OR (95% CI).

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; SES, socioeconomic status; CkD, chronic kidney disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; ref, reference

*

Health care access is an ordinal variable with values denoting difficulty of getting health care services (1=not difficult at all, 2=not too hard, 3=fairly hard, 4=very hard)