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. 2016 Jun 23;11(9):1566–1573. doi: 10.2215/CJN.00490116

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study population

Characteristics All No CKD CKD
n=220 n=44 n=176
Mean age, yrs (SD) 58.2 (13.2) 58.9 (11.6) 47.2 (10.1)
Male, % (N) 50.5 (111) 61.4 (27) 47.7 (84)
Race/ethnicity, % (N)
 Non-Hispanic white 9.6 (21) 29.6 (6) 8.5 (15)
 Hispanic 36.5 (80) 13.6 (13) 38.1 (67)
 Black 40.6 (89) 40.9 (18) 40.3 (70)
 Asian 12.3 (27) 2.3 (1) 5.7 (10)
 Other 1.4 (3) 13.6 (6) 7.4 (13)
Interview language, % (N)
 English 70.3 (154) 90.9 (40) 65.1 (114)
 Spanish 26.0 (57) 9.1 (4) 30.3 (53)
 Cantonese 3.7 (8) 0 (0) 4.6 (8)
Educational attainmenta, % (N)
 Did not attend 15.9 (35) 11.4 (5) 17.1 (30)
 Primary school 41.4 (91) 27.3 (12) 44.9 (79)
 High school 25.9 (57) 22.7 (10) 26.7 (47)
 College 16.8 (37) 38.6 (17) 11.4 (20)
Low health literacy, % (N) 45.0 (99) 38.6 (17) 46.6 (82)
Health insuranceb, % (N)
 None 30.3 (54) 33.3 (4) 30.1 (50)
 Medicaid 62.4 (111) 66.7 (8) 62.1 (103)
 Medicare 22.5 (40) 0% (0) 24.1 (40)
Hypertension, % (N)
 BP≥140/90 mmHg 30 (67) 18 (8) 34 (59)
 Use of antihypertensive medications 84 (184) 50 (22) 92 (162)
Mean eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2 (SD) 47.2 (10.1) NA 47.2 (10.1)
CKD stages, % (N)
 Stage 1–2 23.6 (52) NA 32.3 (52)
 Stage 3–4 49.5 (109) NA 61.9 (109)
Proteinuria (n=171), % (N)
 Yes 48.3 (83) 0 (0) 47.2 (83)
 No 40.0 (88) 100 (7) 48.0 (81)
Number of primary care clinic visits in the past year, median (IQR) 4 (3, 6) 3 (1, 4) 4 (3, 6)

NA, not applicable; IQR, interquartile range.

a

Denotes P<0.05 for comparison among groups with and without CKD.

b

Sums to >100%, as groups are not mutually exclusive.