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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Mar;57(3 Suppl 2):S9–16. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.11.007

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of KEEP Participants, 2000-2009, by eGFR Categories Defined Using the CKD-EPI Equation

CKD-EPI eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)
No. of
Participants
≥120 90-119 60-89 45-59 30-44 <30
No. (row percent) 116,321 6,827 (5.9) 42,469 (36.5) 50,412 (43.3) 11,261 (9.7) 4,234 (3.6) 1,118 (1.0)
Age
 18-30 y 8,263 3,214 (47.1) 3,897 (9.2) 1,077 (2.1) 47 (0.4) 15 (0.4) 13 (1.2)
 31-45 y 23,165 2,656 (38.9) 13,660 (32.2) 6,343 (12.6) 390 (3.5) 63 (1.5) 53 (4.7)
 46-60 y 40,633 935 (13.7) 17,945 (42.2) 18,751 (37.2) 2,308 (20.5) 522 (12.3) 172 (15.4)
 61-75 y 33,156 20 (0.3) 6,678 (15.7) 18,920 (37.5) 5,282 (46.9) 1,837 (43.4) 419 (37.5)
 >75 y 11,104 2 (0.0) 289 (0.7) 5,321 (10.6) 3,234 (28.7) 1,797 (42.4) 461 (41.2)
Sex
 Men 37,160 1,446 (21.2) 13,125 (30.9) 17,290 (34.3) 3,592 (31.9) 1,283 (30.3) 424 (37.9)
 Women 79,161 5,381 (78.8) 29,344 (69.1) 33,122 (65.7) 7,669 (68.1) 2,951 (69.7) 694 (62.1)
Race
 White 57,355 1,323 (19.4) 17,677 (41.6) 27,813 (55.2) 7,130 (63.3) 2,770 (65.4) 642 (57.4)
 African American 38,521 4,080 (59.8) 14,886 (35.1) 15,378 (30.5) 2,878 (25.6) 999 (23.6) 300 (26.8)
 Other 20,445 1,424 (20.9) 9,906 (23.3) 7,221 (14.3) 1,253 (11.1) 465 (11.0) 176 (15.7)
Self-reported conditionsa
 Diabetes 34,283 1,151 (17.0) 11,017 (26.1) 15,187 (30.3) 4,341 (38.7) 2,015 (47.7) 572 (51.4)
 Hypertension 65,340 1,937 (28.6) 19,187 (45.6) 30,699 (61.3) 8,773 (78.4) 3,719 (88.3) 1,025 (92.1)
 Coronary artery disease 10,104 155 (2.3) 2,075 (4.9) 4,766 (9.5) 1,855 (16.5) 972 (23.0) 281 (25.1)
 Congestive heart failure 2455 60 (1.6) 571 (2.3) 1,088 (3.5) 396 (5.8) 245 (9.6) 95 (14.9)
 Cerebrovascular disease 5,643 125 (1.9) 1,294 (3.2) 2,655 (5.6) 903 (8.5) 500 (12.6) 166 (15.7)
 Peripheral vascular disease 4,644 185 (2.7) 1,389 (3.3) 2,005 (4.0) 629 (5.6) 318 (7.5) 118 (10.6)
WHO anemiab 13,839 1,245 (18.6) 4,153 (9.9) 4,620 (9.3) 1,820 (16.4) 1,350 (32.4) 651 (59.5)

Note: Values are number (column percent) unless otherwise indicated. Conversion factor for eGFR in mL/min/1.73 m2 to mL/s/1.73 m2, ×0.01667.

Abbreviations: CKD-EPI, Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; KEEP, Kidney Early Evaluation Program; WHO, World Health Organization.

a

Diabetes includes self-reported diabetes and using medication; hypertension includes self-reported hypertension and using medication; coronary artery disease includes history of heart attack, coronary artery bypass graft, angioplasty, and coronary artery disease; congestive heart failure data available starting 2005; cerebrovascular disease is defined as stroke; peripheral vascular disease includes peripheral vascular disease for 2000-2004 and limb amputation for 2005-2009.

b

Defined as hemoglobin level <13 g/dL for men and <12 g/dL for women.