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. 2013 Oct 24;29(3):587–594. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft423

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of African American family-based study samples

Kidney diseasea # APOL1 risk variants N Age, years
African ancestry, %
BMI, kg/m2
Urine ACR, mg/g
MDRD eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2
Mean (SD) Median Mean (SD) Median Mean (SD) Median Mean (SD) Median Mean (SD) Median
No 0/1 340 49.5 (13.0) 50.0 0.79 (0.11) 0.81 33.0 (9.1) 32.0 6.7 (6.2) 4.1 99.2 (22.0) 98.3
2 89 48.1 (14.6) 49.0 0.82 (0.10) 0.83 31.5 (8.6) 30.2 6.6 (5.1) 4.8 97.0 (20.6) 96.0
All 429 49.2 (13.3) 50.0 0.80 (0.11) 0.82 32.7 (9.0) 31.5 6.7 (6.0) 4.3 98.8 (21.8) 98.0
Yes 0/1 136 53.6 (12.7) 55.0 0.81 (0.10) 0.83 35.1 (10.9) 32.8 444.9 (1200.0) 65.7 77.2 (30.3) 76.1
2 43 47.1 (13.6) 49.0 0.83 (0.08) 0.83 34.3 (10.3) 30.7 242.5 (287.0) 89.1 81.3 (33.8) 81.0
All 179 52.0 (13.2) 52.0 0.82 (0.10) 0.83 34.9 (10.7) 32.3 396.3 (1058.0) 68.3 78.2 (31.1) 76.8
Total 0/1 476 50.7 (13.0) 52.0 0.80 (0.11) 0.82 33.6 (9.7) 32.1 131.9 (669.9) 6.5 92.9 (26.6) 93.4
2 132 47.8 (14.2) 49.0 0.82 (0.09) 0.83 32.4 (9.2) 30.5 83.5 (196.8) 7.8 91.9 (26.6) 91.5
All 608 50.0 (13.3) 51.0 0.80 (0.10) 0.82 33.3 (9.6) 31.9 121.4 (599.9) 6.9 92.7 (26.6) 93.1

aKidney disease defined as eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and/or urine ACR > 30 mg/g.

BMI, body mass index; ACR, albumin:creatinine ratio; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.