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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2013 Oct 23;63(1):10.1016/j.metabol.2013.09.018. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.09.018

Table 3. Clinical characteristics of the participants according to stages of chronic kidney disease.

Characteristic Chronic Kidney Disease Stages
MDRD- estimated GFR
(mL/min/1.73m2)
p-value

≥60
N=9001
45- 59
N=537
30-44
N=166
15-29
N=48

Age (years) 43 ± 17 70 ± 11 73 ± 9 70 ± 10 < 0.0001

Sex (%) <0.0001
 Male 48 35 36 43
 Female 52 65 64 57

Race/Ethnicity (%) < 0.0001
 Non-Hispanic white 48 73 69 50
 Non-Hispanic black 23 10 20 23
 Mexican American 25 13 6 23
 Other 4 4 5 4

BMI (kg/m2) 29 ± 7 29 ± 5 30 ± 6 31 ± 6 0.003

Diabetes (%) 7 21 36 51 < 0.0001

Hypertension (%) 25 67 72 8 < 0.0001

25-hydroxyvitamin D (ng/mL) 22 ± 10 22 ± 8 20 ± 7 18 ± 7 0.004

Estimated GFR (mL/min/1.73m2) 99 ± 24 53 ± 4 38 ± 3 24 ± 3 < 0.0001

Serum uric acid (mg/dL) 5.2 ± 1.4 6.2 ± 1.3 7.2 ± 1.2 7.9 ± 2.3 < 0.0001

% with PTH >65 pg/mL 11 31 54 88 < 0.0001

Values are expressed as means ± standard deviation or %=percent of patients; BMI=body mass index; GFR=glomerular filtration rate