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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2010 Aug 27;51(5):416–420. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.08.011

Table 2b.

Multivariable adjusted prevalence ratios of kidney disease 9,541 white and 2,620 African American Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study participants.1

Whites (n=9,541) African- Americans (n=2,620)
PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI) P-interaction
Age (10 yrs) 0.94 (0.84, 1.05) 1.65 (1.18, 2.29) 0.001
Male gender 2.70 (2.32, 3.15) 1.55 (0.99, 2.44) <0.001
ARIC center
North Carolina 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
Jackson NA 0.53 (0.34, 0.84)
Minnesota 0.45 (0.39, 0.54) NA
Washington County 0.72 (0.62, 0.83) NA
Waist circumference (cm) 2 0.99 (0.91, 1.07) 1.00 (0.81, 1.24) 0.3
Hypertension 1.01 (0.88, 1.16) 1.15 (0.74, 1.78) 0.2
(ln) Triglycerides (mmol/l) 2 1.05 (0.99, 1.13) 1.28 (1.02, 1.61) 0.03
Diabetes 1.24 (1.04, 1.48) 1.35 (0.85, 2.16) 0.2
Uric acid (mg/dl) 2 1.01 (0.94, 1.10) 0.86 (0.69, 1.06) 0.06
Gallstone 1.46 (1.23, 1.73) 3.01 (1.86, 4.88) <0.001
1

Each variable was adjusted simultaneously for the other variables shown in the table.

2

Modeled per overall standard deviation (SD) increase. SDs were 0.50 for (ln) Triglycerides, 14.40 for waist circumference (cm), and 1.47 for uric acid (mg/dl).