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. 2016 May 25;11(5):e0153588. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153588

Table 1. Weighted baseline characteristics of CKD risk factors and CKD markers in young adults ages 20–40 years by race¥.

Non-Hispanic Whites (N = 3226) (37,606,080.5) Non-Hispanic Blacks (N = 1440) (6,579,829.4) Mexican-Americans (N = 2252) (10,111,528.9)
No abdominal obesity 1897(62.8%) Abdominal Obesity 1329 (37.2%) P No abdominal obesity 781 (54.8%) Abdominal Obesity 659 (45.2%) p No abdominal obesity 1244(59.6%) Abdominal Obesity 1008 (40.4%) P
Age(yrs)[Mean(SD)] 29.9 (0.2) 31.7 (0.2) <0.001 29.2 (0.3) 30.4 (0.3) 0.001 29.4 (0.3) 30.8 (0.2) <0.001
Gender [n (%)]
Males 1030 (55.3) 459 (40.6) <0.001 489 (60.9) 182 (26.2) <0.001 759 (64.6) 281 (34.8) <0.001
Females 867 (44.7) 870 (59.4) 292 (39.1) 477 (73.8) 485 (35.4) 727 (65.2)
Per-capita Income Ratio (PIR) [n (%)]
Below poverty 259 (11.5) 218 (12.6) 0.37 205 (27.0) 189 (28.3) 0.39 377 (27.7) 341 (32.2) 0.25
Above poverty 367 (17.8) 259 (19.4) 195 (25.0) 180 (27.7) 442 (35.8) 341 (33.2)
200% above poverty 1271 (70.7) 852 (68.1) 381 (48.0) 290 (44.0) 425 (36.5) 326 (34.6)
Smoking Status [n (%)]
Never 939 (50.9) 663 (49.9) 0.03 519 (67.1) 466 (71.7) 0.003 780 (61.4) 700 (65.5) 0.04
Former 280 (14.8) 264 (18.6) 399 (4.8) 55 (7.1) 169 (13.7) 149 (14.8)
Current 678 (34.3) 402 (31.5) 223(28.2) 138 (21.2) 295 (24.9) 159 (19.7)
BMI category (kg/m2) [n (%)]
Normal (<25) 1304 (67.3) 79 (3.6) <0.001 441 (56.8) 18 (1.9) <0.001 653 (50.5) 32 (2.1) <0.001
Overweight (25–29) 563 (30.9) 431 (30.2) 285 (36.5) 117 (17.6) 532 (44.4) 316 (28.7)
Obese (≥30) 30 (1.7) 819 (66.2) 55 (6.8) 524 (80.4) 59(5.1) 660 (69.2)
BMI (kg/m2) [Mean(SD)] 23. 7 (0.1) 32.9 (0.2) <0.001 24.4 (0.1) 35.4 (0.3) <0.001 24.8 (0.1) 33.0 (0.2) <0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg)Mean(SD)] 112.9 (0.3) 116.7 (0.5) <0.001 117.0 (0.5) 119.0 (0.6) 0.004 113.9 (0.4) 115.3 (0.5) 0.03
Diastolic BP (mmHg)[Mean(SD)] 68.6 (0.3) 71.7 (0.5) <0.001 69.8 (0.5) 70.6 (0.5) 0.22 66.8 (0.4) 69.1 (0.5) <0.001
Hypertension [n (%)] 136 (7.1) 231 (18.1) <0.001 84 (10.7) 156 (24.2) <0.001 72 (6.6) 120 (13.3) 0.001
HbA1C (%)[Mean(SD)] 5.1 (0.01) 5.3 (0.03) <0.001 5.2 (0.02) 5.5 (0.04) <0.001 5.2 (0.02) 5.4 (0.04) <0.001
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) [Mean(SD)] 185.6 (0.9) 200.5 (1.2) <0.001 179.9 (1.4) 191.5 (1.9) <0.001 187.6 (1.2) 193.9 (1.6) 0.001
HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dl) [Mean(SD)] 53.8 (0.4) 46.7 (0.4) <0.001 56.6 (0.6) 52.3 (0.7) <0.001 50.4 (0.4) 47.2 (0.5) <0.001
Elevated CRP (>21mg/dl) [n (%)] 499 (24.2) 879 (62.4) <0.001 196 (24.3) 472 (70.6) <0.001 375 (29.4) 731 (68.6) <0.001
Markers of kidney damage
eGFR [Mean (SD)] (ml/min/1.73m2) 104.8 (0.5) 106.1 (0.5) 0.09 114.7 (1.0) 119.5 (0.8) <0.001 113.5 (0.6) 114.9 (0.6) 0.04
Albuminuria (mg/g) [n(%)] 88 (4.5) 77 (5.6) 0.17 37 (4.7) 46 (6.6) 0.09 48 (3.6) 101 (11.6) <0.001
Sex-specific albuminuria (mg/g) [n (%)] 144 (7.1) 106 (7.9) 0.43 62 (8.1) 66 (9.5) 0.26 84 (6.4) 131 (14.4) <0.001

¥ For categorical variables, % are calculated from column-wise proportions.