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. 2017 May 2;10(5):666–671. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfx025

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of included ENCORE trial participants by eGFR

All (n=139) Normal-high kidney function eGFR ≥90 (n=74) Mildly decreased kidney function eGFR 60–89 (n=65) P-value
Age, years 52.0 (9.6) 47.9 (7.0) 56.3 (10.2) <0.001
Female gender, n (%) 94 (65) 56 (79) 32 (46) 0.001
Race, n (%)
 White 86 (60) 40 (54) 46 (66)
 Black 56 (39) 32 (43) 24 (34)
 Asian 2 (1) 2 (3) 0 (0) 0.21
Years of education 15.2 (2.6) 15.3 (2.5) 15.0 (2.7) 0.42
Annual household income, n (%)
 <$25 000 21 (17) 13 (21) 8 (13)
 $25 000–50 000 31 (25) 17 (27) 14 (23)
 $50 000–100 000 44 (36) 21 (33) 23 (38)
 ≥$100 000 27 (22) 12 (19) 15 (25) 0.28
Weight, kg 94.0 (14.1) 94.2 (14.7) 93.9 (13.6) 0.84
BMI, kg/m2 33.2 (3.9) 33.9 (4.1) 32.3 (3.5) 0.01
BP, mmHg
 Clinic SBP 137.7 (8.8) 136.5 (8.1) 139.0 (9.3) 0.08
 Clinic DBP 85.5 (6.4) 87.0 (5.9) 84.0 (6.5) <0.01
Serum creatinine, mg/dL 0.94 (0.17) 0.85 (0.12) 1.04 (0.16) <0.01
eGFR, mL/min/m2 89.1 (15.0) 99.9 (9.5) 77.3 (9.6) <0.001
Fasting cholesterol, mg/dL 205 (40) 206 (41) 204 (38) 0.80
 LDL cholesterol 126 (36) 125 (36) 127 (35) 0.83
 HDL cholesterol 54 (14) 55 (15) 53 (14) 0.32
 LDL/HDL ratio 2.45 (0.93) 2.37 (0.87) 2.54 (1.0) 0.27
Stumvoll ISI, µmol/kg/min/pM 0.089 (0.017) 0.086 (0.017) 0.092 (0.016) 0.05
Current smoker, % 12 (9) 7 (9) 5 (8) 0.71
ASCVD risk, % 5.0 (5.4)a 2.7 (2.7) 7.6 (6.5)a <0.001a
IMT mm 0.70 (0.15) 0.66 (0.11) 0.74 (0.17) <0.01
FMD % dilated 2.9 (4.0) 3.7 (4.5) 2.0 (3.2) 0.03

Values indicate mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated.

LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; ISI, insulin sensitivity index.

a

For ASCVD risk analysis, total group N = 134 and mildly decreased kidney function group N = 65 after excluding five participants with age <40 or >79 years.