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. 2014 May 19;15:80. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-15-80

Table 2.

General characteristics of study subjects participating in KNOW-CKD from 2011 to September, 2013

  Total cohort1 Subcohort
 
GN DN HTN PKD p-value2
Total participants from 2011 to 2013
1470
543
317
294
249
 
Age
53.6 ± 12.3
50 ± 12.3
59.2 ± 9.3
59.6 ± 10.9
46.9 ± 10.4
< 0.001
Female
569 (38.7)
228 (42)
104 (32.8)
82 (27.9)
127 (51)
< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
24.4 ± 3.4
24.2 ± 3.4
25.2 ± 3.2
24.8 ± 3.5
23.5 ± 3.1
< 0.001
Waist-Hip ratio
0.89 ± 0.07
0.88 ± 0.07
0.92 ± 0.05
0.9 ± 0.07
0.88 ± 0.06
< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)
127.7 ± 16.5
123.2 ± 14.9
135.8 ± 18.7
127 ± 16.4
128 ± 13.5
< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)
76.6 ± 11.1
75.2 ± 10.6
76.1 ± 11.8
76.8 ± 11.6
79.8 ± 10.2
< 0.001
Pulse Pressure (mmHg)
51.1 ± 12.1
48 ± 10.6
59.7 ± 12.9
50.2 ± 11.5
48.2 ± 9.5
< 0.001
CKD stage 1
160 (10.9)
81 (14.9)
4 (1.3)
2 (0.7)
63 (25.3)
< 0.001
      2
253 (17.2)
117 (21.5)
18 (5.7)
18 (6.1)
79 (31.7)
 
      3a
268 (18.2)
111 (20.4)
45 (14.2)
67 (22.8)
35 (14.1)
 
      3b
328 (22.3)
110 (20.3)
83 (26.2)
91 (31)
30 (12)
 
      4
349 (23.7)
93 (17.1)
121 (38.2)
95 (32.3)
30 (12)
 
      5
112 (7.6)
31 (5.7)
46 (14.5)
21 (7.1)
12 (4.8)
 
Creatinine (mg/dL)
1.88 ± 1.17
1.67 ± 1.08
2.48 ± 1.38
2.12 ± 1.00
1.40 ± 0.98
< 0.001
Cystatin C (mg/L)
1.81 ± 0.95
1.61 ± 0.89
2.37 ± 0.99
2.04 ± 0.83
1.34 ± 0.79
< 0.001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
  MDRD
48.6 ± 29.4
54.9 ± 30.6
32.7 ± 17.9
36.6 ± 17.4
67 ± 33.9
< 0.001
  CKD-EPI cr (2009)
51.4 ± 30.3
58.3 ± 31
34 ± 19.5
37.9 ± 17.7
71.8 ± 33.6
< 0.001
Comorbid disease
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Coronary artery disease
107 (7.3)
22 (4.1)
44 (14.1)
32 (10.9)
3 (1.2)
< 0.001
  Peripheral vascular disease
22 (1.5)
2 (0.4)
10 (3.2)
9 (3.1)
0 (0)
< 0.001
  Cerebrovascluar disease
125 (8.5)
21 (3.9)
37 (11.9)
34 (11.6)
29 (11.6)
< 0.001
  Diabetes
462 (31.6)
56 (10.4)
317 (100)
61 (20.7)
3 (1.2)
< 0.001
  Hypertension
1325 (90.6)
470 (86.9)
302 (96.8)
283 (96.3)
213 (85.5)
< 0.001
  Chronic heart failure
15 (1)
3 (0.6)
8 (2.6)
4 (1.4)
0 (0)
0.011
  Arrhythmia
31 (2.1)
8 (1.5)
6 (1.9)
12 (4.1)
3 (1.2)
0.049
Cardiac parameters
 
 
 
 
 
 
  AAC score
1.2 ± 2.6
0.7 ± 1.9
2.6 ± 3.7
1.3 ± 2.7
0.3 ± 1.3
< 0.001
  Mean baPWV (cm/s)
1525.0 ± 342.5
1396.4 ± 245.8
1819.2 ± 418.2
1569.1 ± 297.7
1392 ± 213.2
< 0.001
  LVMI (g/m2) (Echocardiography)
95.0 ± 28.4
89.5 ± 25.2
106.5 ± 30.7
100.6 ± 31.9
85.9 ± 20.1
< 0.001
  Coronary Ca score
191.7 ± 569.6
91.6 ± 409.9
496.3 ± 864.6
195.6 ± 569.5
28.5 ± 133.1
< 0.001
  Troponin T (ng/mL)
0.016 ± 0.018
0.011 ± 0.010
0.030 ± 0.030
0.016 ± 0.011
0.008 ± 0.004
< 0.001
  Valve calcification (Echocardiography) 262 (18.5) 105 (20.2) 82 (27.1) 65 (23) 7 (2.8) < 0.001

1Total participants included those in 4 subgroups and the other unclassified kidney diseases.

ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables and Chi-square or Fisher’s Exact test for categorical variables.

Numbers denote mean ± s.d. or number (%).

Abbreviations: GN, glomerulonephropathy; DN , diabetic nephropathy; HTN, hypertensive nephropathy; PKD, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; AAC, abdominal aorta calcification; baPWV, brachial-to-ankle pulse wave velocity; LVMI, left ventricular mass index.