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. 2013 Nov 14;25(3):634–644. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2013070700

Table 1.

Demographic baseline characteristics of participants (all cases and controls were HIV-infected African Americans)

Characteristic eGFR<60 Cohort Nephrotic Proteinuria Cohort
Cases (n=46) IQR Controls (n=92) IQR P Value Cases (n=44) IQR Controls (n=88) IQR P Value
Median age (yr) 50 44, 58 42 33, 49 <0.001 45 37, 52 40 33,48 0.05
Men, n (%) 23 (50) 68 (74) <0.01 34 (77) 75 (85) 0.24
Median eGFR (ml/min per 1.73 m2) 54.2 49.3, 58.4 105.8 94.9, 125.4 <0.001a 100.7 78.4, 114.9 105.8 93.6, 118.6 0.08
Median UP/Cr (g/g) 0.20 0.1, 0.77 0.10 0.06, 0.149 <0.01 6.37 5.17, 13.00 0.05 0.04, 0.07 <0.001a
Median CD4 count (cells/mm3) 284 165, 607 361 144, 608 0.81 419 255, 554 410 244, 673 0.61
Viral load<50 copies/ml, n (%) 26 (58) 54 (59) 0.30 33 (77) 66 (75) 0.69
Median log10 viral load 1.77 1.69, 3.37 1.69 1.69, 4.14 0.05 1.69 1.69, 2.76 1.69 1.69, 2.27 0.46
Diabetes, n (%)b 7 (15) 10 (11) 0.45 9 (21) 1 (1) <0.001a
Median fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) 91 83, 97 89 83, 98 0.46 91 76, 108 87 79, 97 0.04a
Hypertension, n (%)b 33 (72) 33 (36) <0.001 24 (55) 27 (31) <0.01
HCV infection, n (%)b 13 (28) 14 (15) 0.09 10 (23) 5 (6) <0.01
Median fasting cholesterol (mg/dl) 189 156, 224 173 150, 202 0.07 189 173, 230 180 164, 201 0.26
Median fasting HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 43 37, 54 48 38, 56 0.76 46 35, 65 50 41, 61 0.54
Median fasting LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 110 91, 135 102 77, 123 0.20 105 67, 140 108 90, 125 0.78
Median fasting triglycerides (mg/dl) 146 101, 256 105 75, 150 0.02 161 114, 228 100 74, 138 0.02

IQR, interquartile range.

a

Determined by Wilcoxon or Fisher exact tests because logistic regression models did not converge.

b

Diagnosis before case/control assignment.