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. 2011 Jan 19;12:16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-12-16

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics. Clinical characteristics of study subjects by Race and Albuminuric Status

Stage 1 Stage 2
European Americans (n = 1803) European Americans (n = 6319)
Characteristic Control Subjects Albuminuria Cases Control Subjects Albuminuria Cases

N 1646 157 5945 374
  Age, mean(SD), y 63.2 (5.6) 64.9 (5.6)*** 62.8 (5.6) 65.2 (5.6)***
  Male, No. (%) 802 (48.7) 92 (58.6)* 2655 (44.7) 199 (53.2)**
  Hypertension, No. (%) 731 (44.4) 111 (70.7)*** 2266 (38.1) 269 (71.9)***
  Type 2 Diabetes, No. (%) 480 (29.2) 84 (53.5)*** 428 (7.2) 103 (27.5)***
  Body mass index, kg/m2 29.0 (5.5) 30.0 (6.3)* 28.0 (5.0) 28.8 (6.0)**
  SBP (mmHg) 126.8 (17.4) 135.7 (20.4)*** 124.4 (17.8) 138.3 (23.2)***
  DBP (mmgHg) 69.7 (10.0) 70.0 (11.1) 69.5 (9.6) 72.5 (12.1)***
  Fasting Glucose (mg/dL)§ 115.4 (34.9) 134.4 (52.2)*** 102.1 (21.2) 116.8 (43.4)***
  GFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2 81.7 (16.9) 75.0 (25.7)*** 80.7 (16.1) 76.1 (22.3)***
  ACR, μg/mg, median (25%ile, 75%ile) 3.7 (1.8,6.7) 102.6 (47.4,275.0)*** 3.6 (2.0,6.5) 74.8 (44.4,166.7)***

African Americans (n = 1135) African Americans (n = 1021)
Characteristic Control Subjects Albuminuria Cases Control Subjects Albuminuria Cases

   N 987 148 875 146
  Age, mean(SD), y 61.3 (5.5) 63.0 (5.8)††† 61.8 (5.7) 62.5 (5.7)
  Male, No. (%) 336 (34.0) 44 (29.7) 324 (37.0) 54 (37.0)
  Hypertension, No. (%) 615 (62.3) 127 (85.8)††† 558 (63.8) 127 (87.0) †††
  Type 2 Diabetes, No. (%) 217 (22.0) 80 (54.1)††† 196 (22.4) 80 (54.8) †††
  Body mass index, kg/m2 30.7 (6.5) 30.8 (6.6) 30.3 (5.9) 31.4 (6.6)
  SBP (mmHg) 131.2 (18.4) 144.4 (23.2)††† 132.0 (18.9) 144.8 (22.5) †††
  DBP (mmgHg) 75.0 (10.0) 78.2 (13.0)††† 75.7 (10.1) 78.5 (11.9) ††
  Fasting Glucose (mg/dL) § 114.3 (39.6) 136.4 (62.2)††† 112.7 (38.5) 137.9 (62.8) †††
  GFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2 91.5 (19.0) 83.0 (29.8) ††† 90.9 (21.0) 80.7 (29.3) †††
  ACR, μg/mg, median (25%ile, 75%ile) 1.9 (0.7,4.7) 95.9 (47.2,363.2)††† 2.2 (0.8,5.2) 81.7 (44.7,249.7) †††

Data are means (SD), number (%), or for ACR median (25%ile, 75%ile). European Americans: * P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.

African Americans: †P < 0.05; ††P < 0.01; †††P < 0.001.

§Individuals with fasting glucose measured. Evaluation set (European Americans n = 1582 controls and n = 150 cases; African Americans n = 922 controls and n = 113 cases). Valdiation set (European Americans n = 5822 controls and n = 356 cases; African Americans n = 787 controls and n = 113 cases).