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. 2019 Dec 26;19:146. doi: 10.1186/s12902-019-0476-y

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants according to renal function, measured by eGFR

Variables Category of eGFRa (ml/min/1.73m2) p-value
< 90 (n = 273) ≥90 (n = 503)
Age (years) 65.1 ± 6.0 60.4 ± 5.5 < 0.001
Menopausal duration (years) 15.4 ± 7.0 11.0 ± 6.7 < 0.001
Height (cm) 153.8 ± 4.9 153.8 ± 5.3 0.858
Weight (kg) 55.3 ± 7.3 55.5 ± 8.1 0.914
BMI (kg/cm2) 23.4 ± 2.8 23.4 ± 3.1 0.965
BUN (mmol/l) 5.7 (4.8, 6.6) 5.0 (4.2, 5.9) < 0.001
SCr (μmol/l) 69.1 (65.0, 73.7) 53.3 (44.0, 58.6) < 0.001
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 80.3 (74.1, 86.2) 99.3 (95.3, 104.9) < 0.001
L1-L4 BMD (g/cm2) 0.924 ± 0.142 0.938 ± 0.152 0.195
Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2) 0.717 ± 0.106 0.744 ± 0.125 0.004
Total hip BMD (g/cm2) 0.796 ± 0.116 0.823 ± 0.129 0.004
TG (mmol/l) 1.5 (1.1, 2.1) 1.4 (1.1, 2.0) 0.991
TC (mmol/l) 5.4 ± 0.9 5.3 ± 0.9 0.169
HDL-C (mmol/l) 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) 1.6 (1.3, 1.8) 0.350
LDL-C (mmol/l) 3.2 ± 0.7 3.1 ± 0.7 0.287
SCa (mmol/l) 2.4 ± 0.1 2.4 ± 0.1 0.849
Cigarette smoking, % 8 (2.9%) 5 (1.0%) 0.074
Alcohol consumption, % 6 (2.2%) 14 (2.8%) 0.623
Physical exercise, % 231 (84.6%) 408 (81.1%) 0.222
Osteoporosis,% 115 (42.1%) 174 (34.6%) 0.038

Data are expressed as mean ± SD, median (25, 75) or number with percentage (%) in parentheses

BMD bone mineral density, BMI body mass index; BUN, blood urea nitrogen, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SCa serum calcium, SCr serum creatinine, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride

aeGFR calculated using the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration 2009 equation