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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2013 Oct 9;85(5):1192–1199. doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.396

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of African American and white patients with type 2 diabetes*

Glomerular filtration rate at baseline (mL/min/1.73 m2) P value

Characteristics ≥90 75–89 60–74 30–59 15–29
African American
No. of participants 9 293 3 483 2 147 1 369 159
Age (year) 47.9 (9.2) 51.1 (9.5) 54.8 (9.4) 57.0 (10.6) 54.4 (11.6) <0.001
Income ($/family) 9 924 (6 960–14 760) 9 864 (7 128–14 676) 9 804 (7 236–14 400) 9 630 (7 230–14 010) 9 756 (7 440–13 986) <0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 33.7 (8.6) 34.4 (8.3) 33.9 (7.9) 33.0 (7.8) 32.6 (8.9) <0.001
Blood pressure (mm Hg)
  Systolic 145 (24) 147 (24) 148 (25) 150 (27) 154 (31) <0.001
  Diastolic 83 (13) 82 (14) 81 (14) 81 (15) 81 (17) 0.849
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 185 (157–214) 184 (157–214) 184 (156–215) 187 (157–218) 180 (149–216) 0.168
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL) 43 (36–52) 43 (36–52) 44 (36–53) 43 (35–52) 43 (33–52) <0.001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL) 111 (87–137) 112 (88–138) 110 (87–138) 111 (87–138) 106 (78–137) 0.484
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 104 (74–153) 106 (75–153) 106 (76–156) 118 (83–170) 128 (93–180) <0.001
HbA1c (%) 8.4 (2.8) 7.9 (2.6) 7.8 (2.5) 7.8 (2.6) 7.6 (2.3) <0.001
Albumin (gm/dL) 3.75 3.76 3.73 3.61 3.30 <0.001
Obesity status (%) <0.001
  Normal weight (<25) 14.1 10.7 10.6 13.3 15.7
  Overweight (25–29.9) 23.9 21.4 23.4 25.6 28.3
  Obesity class I (30.0–34.9) 23.8 26.4 26.6 25.4 26.4
  Obesity class II (≥35.0) 38.3 41.5 39.4 35.7 29.6
Current smoker (%) 35.2 32.5 27.0 26.4 21.3 <0.001
Medication use (%)
  Blood pressure 92.2 94.5 96.3 97.2 96.8 <0.001
  Diabetes 87.3 83.8 84.8 82.7 80.0 0.004
  Cholesterol 67.1 71.3 73.7 79.5 74.0 <0.001
White
No. of participants 4 661 3 029 2 505 1 624 121
Age (year) 48.7 (8.9) 52.4 (10.1) 54.6 (9.7) 58.9 (9.8) 56.8 (10.7) <0.001
Income ($/family) 11 520 (7 476–16 380) 11 568 (7 716–16 584) 11 694 (7 530–16 050) 11 436 (8 088–16 356) 11 646 (8 333–15 636) <0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 34.9 (9.1) 35.0 (8.6) 35.2 (8.6) 34.7 (8.6) 34.3 (9.3) <0.001
Blood pressure (mm Hg)
  Systolic 141 (22) 141 (21) 142 (22) 143 (24) 142 (26) 0.749
  Diastolic 79 (12) 78 (13) 78 (12) 75 (14) 75 (15) <0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 190 (161–222) 189 (162–222) 190 (161–221) 186 (155–219) 170 (137–205) 0.025
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL) 40 (33–48) 40 (33–48) 40 (34–48) 41 (34–48) 38 (32–45) <0.001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL) 110 (86–136) 111 (86–137) 109 (84–137) 103 (79–133) 90 (66–125) <0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 151 (102–216) 153 (104–216) 155 (107–226) 159 (111–226) 167 (115–245) <0.001
HbA1c (%) 7.9 (2.3) 7.2 (2.0) 7.1 (2.0) 7.1 (1.9) 7.3 (1.9) <0.001
Albumin (gm/dL) 3.86 3.90 3.87 3.79 3.50 <0.001
Obesity status (%) <0.001
  Normal weight (<25) 12.0 9.1 8.5 9.9 13.2
  Overweight (25–29.9) 20.3 21.2 21.1 21.4 21.5
  Obesity class I (30.0–34.9) 23.3 25.8 25.3 27.3 20.7
  Obesity class II (≥35.0) 44.3 43.8 45.1 41.5 44.6
Current smoker (%) 41.8 37.8 34.0 26.1 21.7 <0.001
Medication use (%)
  Blood pressure 90.0 91.6 93.9 96.0 96.6 <0.001
  Diabetes 87.6 83.9 82.3 83.6 95.4 <0.001
  Cholesterol 73.4 77.7 79.8 82. 8 85.1 <0.001
*

Data are mean (SD) or median (interquartile range)

Body mass index was calculated as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.

Values are adjusted for age.