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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Ren Nutr. 2018 Aug 1;28(6):422–427. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2018.04.001

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of CKD Participants by % Weight Change Groups (N = 872)

Variable Weight Gain No Intent
to Lose
Weight,
No Weight ⊿
Intent to Lose Weight
Unintentional Weight Loss
No Weight ⊿ 5 to <10% Loss ≥10% Loss 5 to <10% Loss ≥10% Loss





N = 117
N = 383
N = 176
N = 56
N = 35
N = 62
N = 43
14.7% 39.8% 23.1% 7.7% 4.5% 5.5% 4.7%

Weight change (lb) 19.5 ± 9.4 0.1 ± 3.0 −0.5 ± 3.6 −15.0 ± 5.4 −33.6 ± 15.0 −12.4 ± 3.8 −36.0 ± 16.1
Weight change (%) 10.6 ± 5.1 −0.02 ± 1.63 −0.2 ± 1.9 −7.2 ± 1.1 −16.4 ± 6.4 −7.0 ± 1.6 −18.2 ± 6.8
BMI 1 y ago (kg/m2) 31.1 ± 3.9 29.6 ± 4.1 31.0 ± 4.1 34.4 ± 7.6 33.8 ± 4.5 30.1 ± 4.7 32.6 ± 4.9
Baseline BMI (kg/m2) 34.4 ± 4.6 29.6 ± 4.2 30.9 ± 4.1 31.9 ± 6.9 28.2 ± 4.1 28.0 ± 4.3 26.6 ± 4.1
Age (y) 66.9 ± 12.5 74.6 ± 9.6 68.8 ± 10.3 66.4 ± 11.0 68.2 ± 8.2 77.3 ± 9.1 72.3 ± 11.1
Male (%) 32.6    48.7 46.1   33.4     28.8     39.4   29.5
African–American race (%) 10.9      6.6   7.1   10.6     12.3     17.5   19.1
Smoking (%) 56.5   47.5 51.6   46.5     36.0     45.1   38.7
Alcohol use (%) 48.1   54.0 53.7   49.1     42.8     39.6   30.6
≥High school education (%) 66.9   62.4 75.1   73.2     62.3     48.2   46.6
Diabetes (%) 23.8   27.0 25.9   33.0     44.4     20.2   24.2
Hypertension (%) 74.2   77.8 73.4   71.7     85.9     79.8   71.7
Myocardial infarction (%) 16.3   17.4 14.4   21.4     18.9       9.2   15.7
Congestive heart failure (%) 16.7   13.1   6.3   20.9     22.4     13.2   25.0
Stroke (%) 14.1   10.9   7.7   15.2     24.9     12.9     8.0
Lung disease (%) 16.6   10.3 12.4   22.4     13.2     12.9   18.0
Cancer (%) 20.6   25.8 21.8   25.1     18.2     19.3     6.3
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 46.4 ± 10.8   48.1 ± 10.6 48.3 ± 8.9  48.8 ± 9.1   46.9 ± 10.4   45.3 ± 12.3 42.4 ± 15.5

CKD, chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.