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. 2018 Feb 9;19:36. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-0821-9

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics derived from longitudinal study populations

Characteristic Studies reporting characteristic, N (%) Category n (%) or range
Study type 42 (100%) Prospective
Retrospective
Predictive model
Registry
27 (64.3%)
10 (23.8%)
3 (7.1%)
2 (4.8%)
Age (years) 42 (100%) 29–100
Race/ethnicitya 30 (71.4%) Caucasian
Black
Asian
Other
13 (43.3%)
10 (33.3%)
11 (36.7%)
11 (36.7%)
CKD stage determination 42 (100%) CKD stage reported
CKD stage inferred
CKD undetermined
2 (4.8%)
36 (85.7%)
4 (9.5%)
BMI (kg/m2) 40 (95.2%) 16.5–44.9
Diabetes duration (years) 35 (83.3%) 1–40
HbA1c (%) 39 (92.9%) 5.4–11.9%
Systolic BP (mm Hg) 41 (97.6%) 100–182
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 37 (88.1%) 53–130
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 38 (90.5%) 10–228
eGFR assessment methodb 37 (88.1%) MDRD
CKD-EPI
JSN
Cockcroft-Gault
51 Cr-EDTA
Iohexal clearance
Iothalamide clearance
16 (43.2%)
10 (27.0%)
6 (16.2%)
3 (8.1%)
2 (5.4%)
1 (2.7%)
1 (2.7%)
ACR (mg/gCR) 22 (52.4%) 0.5–8603
sUA (mg/dL) 3 (7.1%) 4.9–7.4

CKD chronic kidney disease, BMI body mass index, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, BP blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, MDRD modification of diet in renal disease, CKD-EPI chronic kidney disease epidemiology, JSN Japanese society of nephrology, ACR albuminuria-to-creatinine ratio, sUA serum uric acid

aMore than one type of race/ethnicity was reported in multiple studies

bMore than one assessment method was obtained in two studies