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. 2011 Jun;6(6):1410–1417. doi: 10.2215/CJN.08801010

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by level of kidney function using the CKD-Epi equation

Characteristics Total eGFREPI (ml/min per 1.73 m2)
Pa
>60 30 to 59 <30
n 1028 501 477 50
Age 85.5 (3.5) 85.2 (3.4) 85.7 (3.6) 86.2 (3.7) <0.01
Women 63.8 62.7 66.5 50.0 0.89
White race 85.9 83.2 88.5 88.0 0.03
Body mass index (kg/m2) 26.8 (4.7) 26.6 (4.6) 26.8 (4.7) 27.8 (5.0) 0.22
Ever smoked 49.2 50.2 48.2 48.0 0.54
Diabetes 14.4 13.1 13.9 32.0 0.02
Hypertension 65.6 60 69.5 84.0 <0.01
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 132.7 (21.1) 133.7 (20.8) 131.4 (20.9) 135.7 (25.9) 0.19
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 54.3 (15.3) 55.7 (15.2) 53.7 (15.3) 44.9 (12.3) <0.01
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 101.3 (31.5) 104.0 (32.0) 99.0 (30.5) 96.0 (33.7) <0.01
Vitamin D25 (ng/ml) 25.9 (10.4) 24.8 (9.1) 27.2 (11.5) 25.1 (11.3) <0.01
C-reactive protein (mg/L)b 2.0 (1.0, 4.5) 1.8 (0.9, 4.1) 2.1 (1.0, 5.0) 3.0 (1.8, 7.8) <0.01
Creatinine (mg/dl) 1.1 (0.5) 0.8 (0.1) 1.2 (0.2) 2.7 (1.4) <0.01
Cystatin C (mg/L) 1.2 (0.5) 1.0 (0.2) 1.3 (0.3) 2.4 (1.0) <0.01
MDRD eGFR 61.8 (19.1) 77.0 (12.9) 49.8 (8.2) 23.7 (7.4) <0.01
CKD-Epi eGFR 58.8 (17.0) 72.9 (8.5) 47.7 (8.1) 21.9 (7.1) <0.01
Cystatin C eGFR using one- variable equation 69.8 (21.7) 82.6 (17.7) 60.3 (15.9) 31.2 (10.6) <0.01
Cystatin C eGFR using three- variable equation 61.9 (19.2) 73.4 (15.9) 53.4 (13.7) 28.3 (9.5) <0.01

The data are presented either as means (SD) or percentages. Represent P = 0.0000 as P < 0.01.

a

Trend P values.

b

Median [IQR] with Kruskal-Wallis test.