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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Sep 1;67(2):198–208. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.07.020

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of 19,411 Participants Stratified by eGFR Category and Racial/Ethnic Group

Characteristic eGFR ≥105
(n = 2702 [13.9%])
eGFR 90 – <105
(n = 6529 [33.6%])
eGFR 75 – <90
(n = 5953 [30.7%])
eGFR 60 – <75
(n = 3127 [16.1%])
eGFR 45 – <60
(n = 904 [4.7%])
eGFR <45
(n = 196 [1.0%])
AA H W AA H W AA H W AA H W AA H W AA H W
No. of participants 2241 313 148 1962 1569 2998 1800 687 3466 999 361 1767 335 106 463 99 18 79
Age category
 50–59 y 59.9 94.6 77.7 41.0 56.0 24.2 35.8 34.9 8.7 24.6 30.5 5.4 18.5 19.8 1.9 18 39 5
 60–69 y 37.8 5.4 20.9 44.3 40.0 60.5 46.3 47.3 43.3 47.8 47.4 41.9 45.7 51.9 34.1 35 33 30
 70–79 y 2.3 0.0 1.4 14.7 4.0 15.3 17.9 17.8 48.0 27.5 22.2 52.6 35.8 28.3 63.9 47 28 65
Diabetes 15.7 14.7 17.6 11.5 7.6 7.3 10.3 5.7 5.9 13.0 5.5 5.6 20.3 15.1 6.7 42 11 18
History of MI 2.2 0.6 2.7 2.4 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.9 2.9 4.8 2.5 3.8 8.4 3.8 4.8 11 6 10
History of stroke 1.6 0.6 0.0 1.9 1.2 0.8 2.2 1.5 1.3 3.0 2.5 1.7 3.9 4.7 1.3 17 6 10
BMI
 Underweight 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.4 1 0 0
 Normal 16.7 22.4 19.6 16.1 25.3 27.1 15.6 26.1 29.4 16.2 24.9 28.1 14.0 22.6 23.3 10 6 17
 Overweight 32.3 33.5 25.0 33.5 38.8 32.9 34.4 41.6 35.8 33.6 41.0 36.7 34.6 29.2 39.1 36 44 29
 Obese 50.4 43.8 55.4 50.2 35.3 39.3 49.6 32.0 34.5 49.3 33.2 34.6 50.7 48.1 37.1 53 50 54
Alcohol use
 Non drinker 15.3 19.5 8.8 14.6 16.3 10.3 15.4 16.3 11.5 18.4 18.3 10.1 21.8 20.8 13.0 23 33 15
 Past drinker 31.5 20.4 21.6 33.5 20.7 18.88 31.3 21.8 16.6 33.1 21.1 17.8 39.4 26.4 20.5 47 22 30
 Current drinker 53.2 60.1 69.6 51.9 63.0 70.9 53.3 61.9 71.9 48.4 60.7 72.1 38.8 52.8 66.5 30 44 54
Smoking status
 Never Smoked 44.8 60.4 39.9 48.4 62.7 46.2 49.5 61.1 52.5 51.2 68.4 56.1 55.2 63.2 55.1 48 56 46
 Past Smoker 40.8 30.0 46.6 40.8 30.0 41.1 39.5 33.2 40.5 40.1 28.0 38.0 64.9 32.1 37.8 39 33 43
 Current Smoker 14.3 9.6 13.5 10.8 7.4 12.8 11.0 5.7 7.0 8.7 3.6 5.9 9.9 4.7 7.1 13 11 11
Physical activity
 Sedentary: 0 MET-h/wk 25.4 25.9 28.4 21.6 19.4 18.5 21.2 19.5 17.5 22.9 22.7 16.0 23.3 20.8 27.0 29 33 27
 Low: 0.1–<5 MET-h/wk 24.9 26.2 28.4 24.3 24.7 23.7 25.8 22.9 22.6 24.0 21.9 23.1 29.6 24.5 22.9 25 33 30
 Moderate: 5–11.9 MET-h/wk 22.8 24.6 27.7 23.2 24.0 23.8 23.3 22.6 24.2 24.4 22.4 25.0 20.3 17.9 18.8 22 11 20
 High: ≥12 MET-h/wk 26.9 23.3 15.5 30.9 32.0 34.0 29.7 35.1 35.7 28.6 33.0 35.9 26.9 36.8 31.3 23 22 23
SBP (mm Hg) 130 (21) 122 (24) 126 (20) 130 (21) 122 (23) 128 (23) 130 (22) 124 (25) 130 (22) 131 (25) 124 (23) 129 (22) 135 (29) 131 (24) 133 (23) 142 (30) 132 (22) 134 (24)
Cholesterol
 Total (mg/dL) 218 (53) 218 (53) 234 (56) 220 (49) 222 (51) 230 (51) 222 (52) 222 (52) 233 (51) 230 (57) 226 (59) 234 (50) 237 (63) 237 (69) 236 (54) 254 (69) 230 (122) 243 (63)
 HDL (mg/dL) 55 (19) 49 (16) 47 (17) 56 (18) 51 (17) 51 (15) 54 (19) 52 (16) 51 (16) 54 (19) 51 (17) 51 (15) 57 (24) 51 (17) 50 (16) 56 (20) 47 (18) 48 (15)
 LDL (mg/dL) 139 (51) 137 (46) 150 (49) 143 (49) 139 (46) 148 (47) 145 (50) 140 (49) 152 (46) 152 (53) 144 (50) 152 (46) 154 (61) 159 (57) 153 (51) 165 (53) 140 (90) 157 (59)
TG (mg/dL) 94 (60) 133 (83) 130 (105) 95 (61) 135 (89) 126 (91) 96 (59) 129 (88) 127 (84) 102 (59) 135 (70) 130 (79) 109 (78) 140 (91) 141 (96) 130 (77) 199 (108) 155 (121)
CRP (mg/L) 3.8 (6.6) 4.0 (5.4) 4.1 (7.4) 3.5 (6.0) 3.1 (4.7) 2.4 (3.9) 3.5 (6.0) 2.7 (4.4) 2.1 (3.3) 3.6 (6.0) 2.8 (4.0) 2.2 (3.1) 4.0 (7.1) 3.9 (4.6) 2.6 (3.9) 6.3 (7.7) 4.5 (10.7) 4.3 (6.4)
Physical function 85 (30) 90 (20) 80 (35) 85 (34) 90 (20) 85 (20) 85 (35) 85 (25) 85 (25) 80 (40) 85 (30) 85 (25) 70 (40) 75 (40) 80 (30) 60 (35) 78 (43) 70 (50)

Note: eGFR categories expressed in mL/min/1.73 m2. Values for categorical variables are given as number (percentage); for continuous variables, as median [interquartile range]. Conversion factor for cholesterol in mg/dL to mmol/L, ×0.02586.

Abbreviations: AA, African American; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; H, Hispanic; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MET, metabolic equivalent task; MI, myocardial infarction; SBP, systolic blood pressure; W, non-Hispanic white; TG, triglycerides; CRP, C-reactive protein