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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Sci. 2010 May;339(5):401–410. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181d430ad

TABLE 2.

Medical History and Treatment of study participants by kidney disease status

eGFR ≥ 60 eGFR < 60
Total (N=2146) No Albuminuria (N=1217) Micro Albuminuria (N=365) Macro Albuminuria (N=121) No Albuminuria (N=231) Micro Albuminuria (N=125) Macro Albuminuria (N=87)
Medical History
 Hypertension(%)***††† 82.4 77.9 87.3 89.2 86.5 89.4 93.0
Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy/Macular Edema(%)***††† 3.1 1.5 4.1 4.1 3.1 12.8 5.8
 Current Cigarette Smoker (%)††† 11.9 12.6 14.5 15.7 5.6 4.8 12.6
 LVEF*** 57.4±10.9 58.0±10.2 57.2±11.2 55.0±12.6 57.6±11.1 56.6±11.5 53.1±12.8
 Abnormal LVEF (< 50 %) (%)†† 17.0 14.7 16.4 23.1 18.8 20.0 34.9
Medical Treatment at baseline
ACEI or ARB(%)***††† 77.2 72.0 82.4 86.0 85.3 85.6 82.8
# BP medications***††† 2.2±1.0 2.0±1.0 2.4±1.0 2.6±1.1 2.4±1.0 2.6±0.9 2.8±1.2
Statins(%) 74.2 72.9 76.9 76.0 73.6 76.0 78.2
Glucose Control
 Diet Alone (%)*** 8.7 10.5 4.4 3.3 12.1 6.4 2.3
 Oral Hypoglycemic Agent (%)††† 80.5 81.9 84.7 77.7 77.5 69.6 70.9
 Insulin(%)***††† 27.3 21.5 32.1 38.8 24.2 44.8 54.0

Abbreviations: eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

*

indicates trend comparison among albuminuria status categories (none, microalbuminuria, macroalbuminuria),

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001

indicates comparison between GFR categories (GFR < 60, GFR ≥ 60)

p < 0.05,

††

p < 0.01,

†††

p < 0.001