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. 2018 Jan-Feb;38(1):46–56. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2018.03.01.1010

Table 2.

Clinical and social characteristics by diabetic kidney disease stage.

Characteristics All Subjects n (%) Without nephropathy n(%) With nephropathy n(%) P value Diabetic kidney disease P value
Micro-albuminuria Macro-albuminuria ESRD

Number 640 213 427 184 83 160
Age 30-<45 years 31 (4.84) 9 (4.23) 22 (5.15) <.001 8 (4.35) 8 (9.64) 6 (3.75) .001
45–60 years 408 (63.75) 164 (77.00) 244 (57.14) 122 (66.30) 48 (57.83) 74 (46.25)
> 60 years 201 (31.41) 40 (18.77) 161 (37.71) 54 (29.35) 27 (32.53) 80 (50.00)
Gender Male 285 (44.53) 79 (37.09) 206 (48.24) .062 84 (45.65) 48 (57.83) 74 (46.25) .189
Female 355 (55.47) 134 (62.91) 221 (51.76) 100 (54.35) 35 (42.17) 86 (53.75)
Diabetes duration <15 years 182 (28.44) 73 (34.27) 109 (25.53) .017 46 (25.00) 19 (22.89) 44 (27.50) .411
15–30 years 444 (69.38) 138 (64.79) 306 (71.66) 135 (73.37) 61 (73.49) 110 (68.75)
>30 years 14 (2.18) 2 (0.94) 12 (2.81) 3 (1.63) 3 (3.62) 6 (3.75)
Family history Diabetes 551 (86.09) 192 (90.14) 359 (84.07) .036 159 (86.41) 74 (89.16) 126 (83.13) .793
Renal disease 110 (17.19) 39 (18.31) 71 (16.63) .052 37 (20.11) 7 (8.43) 27 (16.87) .005
Marital status Single 22 (3.44) 5 (2.35) 17 (3.98) <.001 7 (3.81) 2 (2.42) 8 (5.00) .289
Married 514 (80.31) 188 (88.26) 326 (76.35) 141 (76.63) 71 (85.53) 114 (71.25)
Divorced 23 (3.59) 5 (2.35) 18 (4.22) 9 (4.89) 2 (2.42) 7 (4.38)
Widow 81 (12.66) 15 (7.04) 66 (15.46) 27 (14.67) 8 (9.63) 31 (19.37)
Social class I 201 (31.41) 43 (20.19) 158 (37.00) <.001 51 (27.72) 21 (25.30) 86 (53.75) <.001
II 218 (34.06) 73 (34.27) 145 (33.96) 64 (34.78) 23 (27.71) 58 (36.25)
III 169 (26.41) 75 (35.21) 94 (22.01) 52 (28.26) 28 (33.73) 14 (8.75)
IV 52 (8.12) 22 (10.33) 30 (7.03) 17 (9.24) 11 (13.26) 2 (1.25)
DM complications Neuropathy 323 (50.47) 106 (49.77) 217 (50.82) .38 96 (52.17) 42 (50.60) 79 (49.38) .863
Retinopathy 341 (53.28) 63 (29.58) 278 (65.11) <.001 97 (52.27) 59 (71.08) 122 (76.25) <.001
Vasculopathy 138 (21.56) 15 (7.04) 123 (28.81) <.001 40 (21.74) 25 (30.12) 58 (36.25) <.001
Associated diseases Hypertension 477 (74.53) 119 (55.87) 358 (83.84) <.001 144 (78.26) 69 (83.13) 145 (90.63) .003
Hyperlipidemia 32 (5.00) 9 (4.23) 23 (5.39) <.001 9 (4.89) 8 (9.64) 6 (3.75) .062

Data are mean (standard deviation) or number (percentage). ESRD: end-stage renal disease.