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. 2012 Jul;7(7):1137–1144. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01230212

Table 1.

Characteristics of MESA participants with baseline eGFRcr ≥60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 by concentricity quartiles

Characteristic Concentricity Quartiles (g/ml)
≤1.00 1.01–1.13 1.14–1.29 ≥1.30
Number of participants 1016 994 957 899
Age (yr) 58 (9) 59 (9) 60 (10) 63 (9)
Men 302 (30) 439 (44) 519 (54) 606 (67)
Race
 white 453 (45) 414 (42) 341 (36) 286 (32)
 Chinese 163 (16) 140 (14) 128 (13) 85 (10)
 black 169 (17) 219 (22) 253 (26) 339 (38)
 Hispanic 231 (23) 221 (22) 235 (25) 189 (21)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 26.7 (5.0) 27.5 (4.8) 28.0 (4.9) 28.9 (4.7)
Weight (kg) 73 (16) 76 (16) 78 (16) 82 (15)
Smoking
 never 581 (57) 532 (54) 476 (50) 410 (46)
 former 340 (34) 338 (34) 345 (36) 346 (39)
 current 93 (9) 123 (12) 134 (14) 141 (16)
Hypertension 234 (23) 347 (35) 411 (43) 488 (54)
Diabetes mellitus 59 (6) 98 (10) 95 (10) 157 (18)
Hypertension medication 211 (21) 288 (29) 325 (34) 388 (43)
Lipid-lowering medication 115 (11) 122 (12) 146 (15) 174 (19)
Systolic BP 116 (19) 122 (19) 126 (20) 132 (21)
Diastolic BP 68 (10) 71 (10) 73 (10) 76 (10)
Total cholesterol 196 (36) 194 (34) 194 (34) 193 (35)
HDL (mg/dl) 55 (16) 51 (15) 49 (15) 48 (13)
LDL (mg/dl) 117 (31) 117 (31) 118 (31) 118 (31)
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 99 (70, 145) 112 (79, 160) 113 (78, 162) 116 (82, 175)
Urine albumin/creatinine ratio (mg/g) 4.4 (3.0, 6.8) 4.6 (3.1, 8.3) 5.1 (3.3, 10.1) 6.4 (3.8, 13.6)
IL-6 (pg/ml) 1.01 (0.66, 1.58) 1.02 (0.69, 1.59) 1.12 (0.69, 1.76) 1.21 (0.83, 1.84)
C-reactive protein (mg/L) 1.54 (0.70, 3.94) 1.52 (0.70, 3.87) 1.70 (0.77, 3.94) 1.98 (0.87, 4.11)
eGFRcr at baseline (ml/min per 1.73 m2) 83 (13) 82 (13) 82 (13) 82 (13)
eGFRcys at baseline (ml/min per 1.73 m2) 101 (15) 98 (15) 96 (15) 92 (16)

Data are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range). MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; eGFRcr, estimated GFR by creatinine; eGFRcys, estimated GFR by cystatin C.