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. 2018 Oct 29;4(2):334–337. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.10.018

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of adults aged ≥18 years with diabetes, by race/ethnicity, NHANES 2005–2014


NHANES survey
2005–2006
2007–2008
2009–2010
2011–2012
2013–2014
Total population survey n = 608 n = 986 n = 807 n = 748 n = 725
Non-Hispanic white (obs) 240 416 329 215 275
Age, yr 61 ± 10 60 ± 12 62 ± 10 62 ± 11 61 ± 10
Sex-female, % 50.8 (44.0–57.8) 45.4 (39.0–52.0) 44.7 (37.7–51.8) 46.3 (36.0–56.9) 42.10 (35.8–48.6)
Education status
< High school 19.0 (14.6–24.3) 21.8 (15.9–29.1) 20.2 (15.3–26.2) 19.0 (12.9–27.1) 14.2 (10.3–19.2)
High school 32.4 (23.4–43.0) 32.0 (24.0–41.1) 21.7 (15.1–30.3) 28.7 (19.0–41.0) 23.8 (19.8–28.4)
College graduate & above 19.5 (13.0–28.1) 19.2 (13.8–25.9) 25.6 (19.1–33.4) 23.4 (15.4–33.8) 18.7 (13.4–25.3)
Physiological parameters
BMI, kg/m2 33.0 ± 5.6 32.4 ± 5.8 32.9 ± 5.9 33.1 ± 5.2 33.7 ± 6.0
Systolic BP, mm Hg 134.9 ± 14.4 130.1 ± 15.5 126.8 ± 14.9 130.5 ± 12.9 129.4 ± 12.1
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 69.7 ± 8.8 69.1 ± 10.4 65.5 ± 10.6 69.4 ± 10.0 67.6 ± 11.1
Fasting glucose, mg/dl 146.7 ± 35.0 150.3 ± 51.6 140.9 ± 32.1 155.8 ± 34.9 159.7 ± 39.5
Hemoglobin A1C, % 6.8 ± 1.1 6.9 ± 1.2 7.0 ± 1.1 7.3 ± 1.1 7.4 ± 1.1
Serum creatinine, mg/dl 0.98 ± 0.20 0.96 ± 0.25 0.95 ± 0.24 0.96 ± 0.26 0.97 ± 0.25
Urine ACR, mg/g 98.5 ± 319.8 88.7 ± 414.2 58.9 ± 183.4 91.9 ± 270.6 130.4 ± 457.4
eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2 76.9 ± 15.7 80.8 ± 18.6 79.5 ± 17.9 79.8 ± 17.2 79.9 ± 17.3
Non-Hispanic black (obs) 183 251 148 239 160
Age, yr 57 ± 17 55 ± 19 57 ± 17 56 ± 20 57 ± 16
Sex-female, % 52.5 (44.1–60.8) 57.2 (50.5–63.6) 54.8 (46.2–63.1) 57.2 (50.1–64.0) 50.5 (43.1–57.8)
Education status
< High school 36.9 (27.5–47.3) 36.4 (31.7–41.2) 30.2 (21.0–41.5) 29.1 (21.6–37.9) 22.9 (15.2–32.9)
High school 31.3 (23.8–39.8) 25.7 (21.7–30.2) 26.1 (16.7–38.4) 21.9 (17.4–27.1) 31.7 (26.3–37.7)
College graduate & above 9.6 (5.3–16.7) 11.2 (7.7–15.9) 6.3 (3.1–12.6) 18.8 (12.9–26.3) 18.4 (12.5–26.3)
Physiological parameters
BMI, kg/m2 33.8 ± 11.0 34.6 ± 12.1 34.4 ± 10.7 34.7 ± 12.4 34.8 ± 11.0
Systolic BP, mm Hg 137.0 ± 27.0 129.7 ± 26.6 133.3 ± 24.1 134.1 ± 29.5 134.1 ± 22.3
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 70.7 ± 24.1 72.7 ± 19.6 71.5 ± 21.0 71.4 ± 21.9 71.4 ± 22.1
Fasting glucose, mg/dl 145.1 ± 70.5 175.4 ± 124.2 152.5 ± 66.8 163.6 ± 94.9 155.0 ± 95.1
Hemoglobin A1C, % 7.6 ± 2.3 7.5 ± 2.7 7.9 ± 2.8 8.0 ± 3.2 7.8 ± 2.6
Serum creatinine, mg/dl 1.08 ± 0.47 1.01 ± 0.51 1.00 ± 0.45 1.04 ± 0.63 1.05 ± 0.47
Urine ACR, mg/g 181.6 ± 1193.6 242.2 ± 1542.6 70.7 ± 343.5 124.5 ± 573.6 138.1 ± 540.3
eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2 73.8 ± 29.2 80.4 ± 31.6 78.9 ± 29.8 77.4 ± 36.2 75.6 ± 28.5
Hispanic (obs) 185 319 330 294 290
Age, yr 53 ± 16 56 ± 18 55 ± 20 54 ± 16 55 ± 17
Sex-female, % 56.6 (48.1–64.9) 50.9 (44.2–57.6) 48.5 (40.8–56.2) 47.8 (41.0–54.8) 46.1 (42.2–50.0)
Education status
< High school 46.6 (32.8–61.0) 47.5 (40.8–54.2) 52.2 (44.9–59.5) 45.1 (34.5–55.9) 39.2 (33.1–45.6)
High school 21.3 (16.5–27.0) 20.7 (13.4–30.5) 13.8 (9.7–19.1) 20.1 (16.4–24.5) 18.8 (13.1–26.2)
College graduate & above 12.1 (4.9–26.8) 10.8 (7.4–15.4) 10.3 (7.1–14.9) 13.3 (9.2–19.1) 17.9 (13.0–24.3)
Physiological parameters
BMI, kg/m2 30.1 ± 8.3 30.8 ± 9.1 31.5 ± 9.3 32.3 ± 8.0 30.8 ± 8.0
Systolic BP, mm Hg 127.2 ± 26.2 128.6 ± 27.3 129.7 ± 20.8 127.3 ± 20.8 127.3 ± 21.0
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 71.5 ± 13.0 70.1 ± 19.4 68.5 ± 20.1 70.8 ± 14.4 70.7 ± 15.5
Fasting glucose, mg/dl 178.1 ± 97.8 160.1 ± 94.7 162.7 ± 85.3 159.3 ± 69.3 163.4 ± 78.1
Hemoglobin A1C, % 7.6 ± 2.5 7.3 ± 2.4 7.8 ± 2.5 7.9 ± 2.1 8.0 ± 2.5
Serum creatinine, mg/dl 0.87 ± 0.35 0.81 ± 0.38 0.84 ± 0.44 0.83 ± 0.30 0.88 ± 0.45
Urine ACR, mg/g 156.6 ± 698.3 196.2 ± 918.4 177.3 ± 1352.3 89.3 ± 380.3 204.5 ± 1083.4
eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2 90.0 ± 25.3 93.0 ± 29.7 92.3 ± 33.6 93.4 ± 26.0 90.4 ± 28.8

Data are expressed in weighted means ± SD and proportions ± SD.

BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; obs, observations; Urine ACR, urine albumin to creatinine ratio.