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. 2011 Jan 17;1(1):45–52. doi: 10.1159/000322862

Table 1.

Distribution of demographic characteristics of KEEP participants with diabetes stratified by CKD stage and awareness

Characteristics Diabetics, %
all CKD
stage 1–2 CKD
stage 3–5 CKD
all (7,853) unaware (7,117) aware (736) all (2,548) unaware (2,394) aware (154) all (5,305) unaware (4,723) aware (582)
Age
 18–30 years 1.2 1.2 1.2 3.3 3.4 2.6 0.2 0.1 0.9
 31–45 years 7.0 7.0 7.3 14.6 14.5 14.9 3.4 3.1 5.3
 46–60 years 27.3 27.4 26.1 38.2 38.3 37.7 22.0 21.9 23.0
 61–75 years 45.1 44.8 48.0 34.3 34.0 37.7 50.3 50.2 50.7
 >75 years 19.4 19.6 17.4 9.6 9.8 7.1 24.1 24.6 20.1
Sex
 Male 33.5 32.8 40.5 37.3 37.4 35.7 31.6 30.4 41.8
 Female 66.5 67.2 59.5 62.7 62.6 64.3 68.4 69.6 58.2
Race
 White 53.4 53.3 54.3 40.9 40.5 47.4 59.4 59.8 56.2
 African American 27.9 28.3 23.6 35.2 36.0 23.4 24.3 24.4 23.7
 Others 18.7 18.4 22.0 23.8 23.5 29.2 16.3 15.8 20.1
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 9.4 9.0 13.6 13.5 12.8 24.0 7.5 7.1 10.8
 Non-Hispanic 90.6 91.0 86.4 86.5 87.2 76.0 92.5 92.9 89.2
Education
 <High school 22.6 22.5 23.7 22.8 22.4 29.1 22.5 22.5 22.3
 ≥High school 77.4 77.5 76.3 77.2 77.6 70.9 77.5 77.5 77.7
Health insurance coverage
 Yes 85.4 85.7 82.5 77.9 78.5 68.7 89.0 89.4 86.2
 No 14.6 14.3 17.5 22.1 21.5 31.3 11.0 10.6 13.8
Risk factors
 Current smoker 8.6 8.7 8.1 13.5 13.5 14.1 6.3 6.3 6.5
 Obesity 56.6 56.6 56.6 59.6 59.5 60.3 55.2 55.2 55.7
 Hypertension 93.9 93.8 94.8 92.8 93.0 89.6 94.4 94.2 96.2
 Self-reported CVD 40.4 39.0 54.2 34.5 34.0 42.2 43.3 41.5 57.4
 Dyslipidemia 37.3 36.4 46.3 38.7 38.2 46.1 36.7 35.5 46.4

Numbers of patients are given in parentheses. Diabetes was defined as self-reported history of diabetes mellitus or treatment for diabetes.