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. 2011 Sep;9(5):423–430. doi: 10.1370/afm.1302

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants, by Chronic Kidney Disease Status, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2004

CKD Statusa
Characteristic Overall No CKDb Mild CKDc Moderate-Severe CKDd
No. (%) participants 12,065 (100) 9,604 (79.6) 1,137 (9.4) 1,324 (11.0)
Sociodemographic
Age, mean (SD) y 51.0 (18.7) 47.2 (17.2) 57.5 (18.0) 72.9 (11.8)
Sex, %
 Male 51.6 53.4 46.6 48.7
 Female 48.4 46.6 53.4 51.3
Race/ethnicity, %e
 Non-Hispanic white 40.1 41.3 37.6 37.7
 Non-Hispanic black 24.8 23.5 24.6 28.2
 Mexican-American 25.5 25.7 27.1 24.7
Household Income, %
 <$20,000 25.7 23.7 31.1 29.3
 $20,000–44,999 32.9 32.6 33.6 33.5
 $45,000–74,999 20.6 21.3 19.1 19.3
 >$75,000 20.8 22.4 16.2 18.0
Education, %
 Less than high school 49.5 43.0 53.0 68.3
 High school graduate 50.5 57.0 47.1 31.7
Clinical
BMI ≥30 kg/m2, %
 No 75.8 73.0 69.1 85.3
 Yes 24.2 27.0 30.9 14.7
Diabetes (self-reported), %
 No 93.2 95.0 80.6 92.7
 Yes 6.8 5.0 19.5 7.4
Hypertension (self-reported, use of medications, or ≥140/90 mm Hg), %
 No 50.3 60.9 37.1 19.4
 Yes 49.7 39.1 62.9 80.6
Cardiovascular disease (self-reported), %
 No 88.1 92.3 82.2 71.5
 Yes 11.9 7.7 17.8 28.5
Cancer (self-reported), %
 No 90.8 92.8 89.8 81.4
 Yes 9.3 7.2 10.2 18.7
Arthritis (self-reported), %
 No 72.4 76.6 65.0 56.2
 Yes 27.6 23.4 35.0 43.8
Last visit to health care clinician, %
 >1 y ago 17.0 18.9 14.0 13.3
 Within last year 83.0 81.1 86.0 86.8
ACEI or ARB prescription, %
 No 95.5 96.1 92.1 95.0
 Yes 4.5 3.9 7.9 5.0
Loop diuretic prescription, %
 No 97.7 98.9 95.8 95.3
 Yes 2.3 1.1 4.2 4.7
CKD awareness, %
 No 92.5 95.6 89.8
 Yes 7.5 4.4 10.2

ACR = albumin-creatinine ratio; ACEI = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker; BMI = body mass index; CKD = chronic kidney disease; eGFR=estimated glomerular filtration rate.

Note: Estimates are unweighted study population (not US population) estimates.

a

P <.001 for all comparisons across CKD status, by analysis of variance (continuous variables) and χ2 (categorical variables).

b

ACR ≤30 mg/g, eGFR ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m2.

c

Stages 1 and 2 (ACR ≥30 mg/g).

d

Stages 3 and 4 (eGFR 15–59 mL/min/1.73 m2)

e

Other race excluded from analysis of race/ethnicity because of small n, but individuals from this group are included in other comparisons.