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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Mar;55(3 Suppl 2):S15–S22. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.09.034

Table 1.

Baseline Demographic Characteristics of KEEP Participants With eGFR ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m2, Stratified by Race/Ethnicity

Characteristics White, % African
American, %
Hispanic, % Asian, % American
Indian/Alaska
Native, %
P*

n (n = 28,579) (n = 21,435) (n = 7954) (n = 3912) (n = 2281)
Age, mean (SD) 55 (15) 51 (14) 46 (14) 52 (14) 48 (15) < 0.001
Women 65 72 67 62 74 < 0.001
Obesity 41 53 42 18 57 < 0.001
Diabetes 32 30 30 29 39 < 0.001
Hypertension 67 70 55 55 61 < 0.001
Current smoker 12 13 11 6 26 < 0.001
Family history
     Diabetes 55 63 65 52 78 < 0.001
     Hypertension 78 85 74 78 73 < 0.001
     Kidney disease 17 20 22 17 24 < 0.001
High school
education or higher 92 88 66 88 82 < 0.001
Health insurance, yes 88 81 53 77 68 < 0.001
Region < 0.001
     Northeast 26 18 21 36 9
     Midwest 16 13 14 5 20
     South 45 66 44 18 31
     West 13 3 21 41 40

Note: N = 64,161

SD, standard deviation.

*

Chi-square analyses, except for mean age, for which ANOVA was used.