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. 2011 Aug 31;17(3):199–204. doi: 10.1007/s12199-011-0238-6

Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects according to presence of chronic kidney disease

All (n = 9196) CKD (–) (n = 8104) CKD (+) (n = 1092) p-Value
Age (years)a 57.9 ± 5.1 57.6 ± 5.1 59.9 ± 5.2 <0.001
Estimated GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)a 73.1 ± 12.7 75.8 ± 10.9 53.7 ± 6.3 <0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL)a 0.87 ± 1.89 0.83 ± 0.10 1.14 ± 0.37 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2)a 23.7 ± 2.8 23.7 ± 2.8 24.2 ± 2.6 <0.001
CRP (mg/L)a 0.12 ± 0.39 0.12 ± 0.35 0.17 ± 0.66 <0.001
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 61.5 ± 16.1 61.9 ± 16.1 59.1 ± 16.0 <0.001
Hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia (%)b 32.9 32.2 38.5 <0.001
Hypertension (%)b 36.0 34.4 47.8 <0.001
Diabetes (%)b 12.6 12.6 12.7 0.88
Medication (%)b
 Treatment for cholesterolemia 9.4 8.9 13.2 <0.001
 Treatment for hypertension 23.4 21.6 36.9 <0.001
 Treatment for diabetes 6.5 6.4 7.6 0.12
Smoking history (%)b <0.001
 Never smokers 29.7 28.6 37.5
 Former smokers 42.2 41.7 46.1
 Current smokers 28.1 29.7 16.4
Frequency of drinking alcohol (%)b <0.001
 Nondrinkers 23.5 22.6 30.4
 1–2 days/week 11.2 11.2 11.5
 3–4 days/week 10.8 10.8 10.9
 5–6 days/week 12.9 12.7 14.1
 Everyday drinkers 41.6 42.7 33.1
Regular physical activity (%)b 38.6 37.4 47.4 <0.001

Values are mean ± SD or participants in that category

CKD chronic kidney disease, GFR glomerular filtration rate, BMI body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein

aStudent’s t test

bMann–Whitney U test