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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Open J Endocr Metab Dis. 2013 May 23;3(2):103–112. doi: 10.4236/ojemd.2013.32016

Table 1.

Characteristics of non-diabetic MESA participants with eGFR > 60 ml/min/1.73m2 at baseline by body mass index.

Characteristics Body mass index (kg/m2)

<25 25.0 – 29.9 30.0 – 34.9 ≥35.0
N 1397 1826 891 459
Age (years) 60 (10) 61 (10) 59 (9) 58 (9)
Men 615 (44%) 986 (54%) 444 (50%) 118 (26%)
Race
White 635 (46%) 755 (41%) 335 (38%) 150 (33%)
Chinese 362 (26%) 161 (9%) 19 (2%) 2 (0.4%)
Black 228 (16%) 463 (25%) 297 (33%) 198 (43%)
Hispanic 172 (12%) 447 (25%) 240 (27%) 109 (24%)
Waist circumference (cm)
Female 81 (8) 94 (8) 105 (9) 120 (13)
Male 87 (7) 98 (6) 109 (6) 124 (8)
Waist to hip circumference ratio
Female 0.85 (0.08) 0.89 (0.08) 0.92 (0.07) 0.94 (0.08)
Male 0.91 (0.06) 0.96 (0.06) 0.98 (0.05) 1.01 (0.05)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 195 (33) 195 (35) 194 (36) 195 (34)
HDL (mg/dL) 58 (17) 50 (13) 47 (13) 49 (12)
LDL (mg/dL) 116 (31) 119 (31) 118 (30) 120 (30)
Lipid-lowering medications 126 (9%) 295 (16%) 127 (14%) 66 (14%)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 119 (21) 125 (19) 127 (20) 130 (21)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 70 (10) 73 (10) 74 (10) 72 (10)
Hypertension 372 (27%) 703 (39%) 406 (46%) 240 (52%)
Hypertension medications 260 (19%) 561 (31%) 324 (36%) 202 (44%)
Smoking
Never 749 (54%) 887 (49%) 430 (48%) 218 (48%)
Former 461 (33%) 685 (38%) 337 (38%) 189 (41%)
Current 183 (13%) 251 (14%) 121 (14%) 51 (11%)
eGFRCr at baseline (ml/min/1.73m2) 82 (12) 81 (13) 81 (13) 83 (14)
eGFRCys at baseline (ml/min/1.73m2) 100 (16) 96 (16) 92 (16) 89 (16)
ACR > 30 mg/g 45 (3%) 86 (5%) 64 (7%) 37 (8%)