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. 2012 Jul 9;13:57. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-57

Table 3.

Characteristics of Circle participants with eGFR = > 60 by degree of albuminuria

PARAMETER* People With eGFR = > 60 and Urine Albumin (UA) Test
 
Total With UA
UA neg (non-CKD)
Micro-albuminuria**
Macro-albuminuria**
p
NUMBER (%)
583 (100)
242 (41.5)
247 (42.4)
94 (16.1)

% FEMALE
64.7
69.8
65.2
50.0
0.003
AGE AT AUDIT – mean (SD)
53.1 (13.8)
52.3 (13.6)
54.6 (14.0)
50.9 (13.5)
0.046
at diabetes diagnosis – mean (SD)
42.9 (13.1)
43.6 (12.8)
43.9 (132.1)
38.5 (13.2)
0.002
diabetes duration – mean (SD)
9.3 (6.7)
7.8 (5.9)
9.9 (7.0)
11.5 (7.2)
0.000
BODY MASS INDEX – mean (SD)
34.0 (6.8)
34.70 (6.4)
34.33 (7.4)
31.59 (5.7)
0.001
% SMOKER
41.6
42.2
36.7
52.2
0.04
BLOOD PRESSURE
 
 
 
 
 
sBP mm Hg – mean (SD)
131.4 (16.8)
128.7 (15.1)
133.5 (17.4)
132.7 (18.5)
0.004
dBP mm Hg – mean (SD)
76.2 (10.7)
75.9 (10.2)
77.0 (10.5)
75.11 (12.3)
n/s
BLOOD TESTS
 
 
 
 
 
AIC % – mean (SD)
8.28 (2.26)
7.72 (1.92)
8.34 (2.21)
9.58 (2.64)
0.000
TC mM – mean (SD)
4.51 (1.04)
4.38 (0.93)
4.49 (1.01)
4.93 (1.24)
0.000
LDL mM – mean (SD)
2.37 (1.82)
2.33 (0.77)
2.31 (0.81)
2.65 (0.93)
0.003
HDL mM – mean (SD)
1.22 (0.30)
1.20 (0.29)
1.20 (0.30)
1.30 (0.33)
0.017
COMORBIDITIES
 
 
 
 
 
% eye disease
11.5
7.4
13
18.1
0.015
% neuropathy
10.6
6.6
11.7
18.1
0.007
MEDICATIONS
 
 
 
 
 
% Insulin
28.5
19.4
33.2
39.4
0.000
% RAAS agents 74.6 67.4 75.7 90.4 0.000

*sBP-systolic blood pressure, dBP-diastolic blood pressure, A1C-glycosylated hemoglobin, TC-total cholesterol, LDL-LDL cholesterol, HDL-HDL cholesterol, RAAS agents- containing angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers.

**Micro-albuminuria plus Macro-albuminuria. = CKD-alb.