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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Nephrol. 2012 Sep 4;36(3):245–251. doi: 10.1159/000342210

Table 2.

Diabetic kidney disease and risk factor prevalence in the Pathways cohort by age and sex.

Outcome Women Men p
DKD (eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 or microalbuminuria)
 <60 years 268 (41.6) 294 (48.4) 0.01
 ≥60 years 531 (54.9) 698 (61.4) 0.002
Advanced DKD (eGFR <30 ml/min/1.73 m2)
 <60 years 6 (1.0) 2 (0.4) 0.20
 ≥60 years 47 (5.2) 34 (3.3) 0.04
Hypertension
 <60 years 287 (31.6) 240 (29.0) 0.25
 ≥60 years 672 (54.0) 664 (46.8) <0.001
Hemoglobin A1c ≥8.5%
 <60 years 268 (31.6) 237 (30.9) 0.75
 ≥60 years 242 (20.6) 285 (21.1) 0.76
LDL >130 mg/dL
 <60 years 201 (35.8) 182 (30.5) 0.05
 ≥60 years 248 (29.6) 204 (19.5) <0.001
BMI ≥30 kg/m2
 <60 years 613 (69.0) 442 (53.8) <0.001
 ≥60 years 579 (47.5) 490 (34.9) <0.001

Data are number (%). DKD = diabetic kidney disease; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; BMI = body mass index.