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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2013 Feb 17;28(6):939–949. doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2419-6

Table 3.

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factorsa by Disease Population

Total n/N (%) ESRDb n (%) CKDc n (%) TXPd n (%) p-valuee No Formal Transition n (%) Formal Transition n (%) p-valuee
Family history of CVD 40/103 (38%) 7/16 (44%) 19/41 (46%) 14/46 (30%) 0.28 36/77 (47%) 4/26 (15%) <0.01
Smoking 28/145 (18%) 4/29 (14%) 10/55 (18%) 14/61 (23%) 0.56 21/97 (22%) 7/48 (15%) 0.30
Hypertension 149/194 (77%) 36/41 (88%) 44/67 (66%) 69/86 (80%) 0.02 101/136 (74%) 48/58 (83%) 0.19
 Left ventricular hypertrophy by echocardiogramf 37/103 (36%) 13/29 (45%) 7/33 (21%) 17/41 (41%) 0.1 24/66 (36%) 13/37 (35%) 0.90
Total Cholesterol > 200 mg/dl 35/121 (29%) 10/24 (42%) 9/32 (28%) 16/65 (25%) 0.29 23/81 (28%) 12/40 (29%) 0.90
LDL Cholesterol > 130 mg/dl 22/85 (26%) 10/17 (59%) 5/23 (22%) 7/45 (16%) <0.01 13/46 (28%) 9/39 (23%) 0.59
Elevated fasting glucose 50/192 (26%) 7/41 (17%) 20/66 (30%) 23/85 (27%) 0.31 24/133 (18%) 26/59 (44%) <0.01
Body Mass Index > 30 42/189 (22%) 5/39 (13%) 15/67 (22%) 22/83 (27%) 0.24 27/130 (21%) 15/59 (25%) 0.47
a

among those who had assessment

b

End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

c

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

d

Kidney Transplant (TXP)

e

Based on Taylor-linearized estimation

f

among those with hypertension