Table 3.

Comparison of UACR (mg/g) between groups using Mann-Whitney U test for binary independent variables

		Median	Z	p	Approximate effect size
District	Anuradhapura	10.74	−2.217	0.027	−0.04
	Polonnaruwa	10.00
Sex	Males	9.43	−6.633	0.001	−0.12
	Females	11.29
Ethnicity	Sinhala	10.64	−4.357	0.001	−0.09
	Other	9.09
Family History of CKD	No	10.25	−0.833	0.405	−0.02
	Yes	10.53
Chronic diseases	Yes	11.11	−2.047	0.041	−0.04
	No	10.38
Anemia	No	10.11	−1.908	0.056	−0.04
	Yes	11.04