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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2016 Jun 5;31(11):2137–2144. doi: 10.1007/s00467-016-3425-2

Table 1.

Demographic and kidney disease-related characteristics

Characteristic Value

Age, y (median, IQR) 15.4 [12.1, 18]

Male (%, n) 62% (403)

African-American race (%, n) 22% (140)

Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%, n) 19% (117)

BMI percentile (median, IQR) 64 [31, 90]

eGFR (median, IQR) 47 [30, 64]

Nephrotic proteinuria (uP/C > 2) (%, n) 18% (107)

Glomerular etiology (%, n) 26% (167)

Percent of life with CKD (median, IQR) 100% [82%, 100%]

Years in study (median, IQR) 4.0 [2.1, 6.1]

Number of study visits (median, IQR) 6 [4, 8]

SBP Index (median, IQR) 0.87 [0.83, 0.92]

DBP Index (median, IQR) 0.82 [0.76, 0.88]

SBP or DBP ≥ 90th percentile
 at most recent visit 152 (24%)
 at any study visit 385 (59%)

Antihypertensive medication use (any) 463 (71%)
 ACE inhibitor/ARB 363 (56%)
 Calcium Channel Blocker 119 (18%)
 Other 102 (16%)

ACE: Angiotensin converting enzyme, ARB: Angiotensin receptor blocker, BMI: Body mass index, CKD: chronic kidney disease, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, IQR: interquartile range, SBP: systolic blood pressure