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. 2012 Jun 9;89(6):965–976. doi: 10.1007/s11524-012-9726-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of incident CKD patients by study cohort

Characteristic Overall Assigned cohort
Pre-eGFR Post-eGFR P
Number 237 106 131
Incidence per month 4.4 4.6 4.2 0.25
Sociodemographic
Mean (SD) age (years) 56.0 (13.3) 57.1 (13.4) 55.1 (13.2) 0.24
Gender
 % male 63.3 61.3 64.9 0.57
 % female 36.7 38.7 35.1
Race/ethnicity
 % Black 27.9 29.3 26.7 0.23a
 % not Black 72.1 70.7 73.3
  % White 35.4 38.7 32.8 0.67b
  % Hispanic 12.7 13.2 12.2
  % Asian 21.5 15.1 26.7
  % other 2.5 3.8 1.5
Poverty status
 % PIR ≤ 100 67.6 63.4 70.2 0.30
 % PIR > 100 32.4 36.6 29.8
Clinical
Mean (SD) serum creatinine (mg/dl) 1.81 (1.18) 1.86 (1.23) 1.77 (1.14) 0.54
Mean (SD) eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 48.8 (15.5) 46.9 (13.9) 50.4 (16.5) 0.09
Mean (SD) no. outpatient visits 26.9 (53.4) 30.3 (55.8) 24.3 (51.4) 0.39
Any CKD coding
 % with no code 53.6 57.5 50.4 0.27
 % with code 46.4 42.5 49.6
CKD (585.x) coding
 % with no code 56.1 50.9 60.3 0.15
 % with code 43.4 49.1 39.7
Diabetes
 % without diagnosis 83.5 82.1 84.7 0.58
 % with diagnosis 16.5 17.9 15.3
Hypertension
 % without diagnosis 70.0 72.6 67.9 0.43
 % with diagnosis 30.0 27.4 32.1

Pre-eGFR prior to institution of automated eGFR reporting, Post-eGFR after the institution of eGFR reporting, PIR poverty index ratio, with federal poverty level = 100

aAcross all race/ethnicity categories

bFor Black vs. non-Black categories