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. 2020 Feb 21;8:e8636. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8636

Table 2. General characteristics of the participants in this study.

Centenarians Near-centenarians Total
n (male/female) 966 (175/791) 787 (316/ 471) 1,753 (491/1,262)
Age (years) 85.21 ± 4.33 102.79 ± 2.71 94.89 ± 9.43
Body mass index 20.71 ± 3.80 18.13 ± 4.01 19.42 ± 4.11
Waist-hip ratio 0.89 ± 0.22 0.90 ± 0.13 0.89 ± 0.17
Ethnic Han (%) 89.54% 88.96% 89.28%
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 147.27 ± 23.97 152.88 ± 24.93 150.32 ± 24.65
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 78.92 ± 12.83 75.65 ± 13.37 77.14 ± 13.23
Hemoglobin (g/L) 126.83 ± 17.99 113.11 ± 16.76 119.25 ± 18.61
Erythrocyte (mmc) 4.43 ± 0.64 4.01 ± 0.61 4.20 ± 0.66
Mean corpuscular volume (fl) 91.75 ± 8.77 90.40 ± 8.95 91.00 ± 8.89
Total protein (g/dL) 72.36 ± 4.99 68.67 ± 6.26 70.33 ± 6.01
Albumin (g/dL) 42.10 ± 3.35 38.44 ± 4.06 40.08 ± 4.17
Serum homocysteine (µmol/L) 24.66 ± 11.85 26.02 ± 13.48 25.38 ± 12.76
Serum uric acid (µmol/L) 340.50 ± 92.87 329.40 ± 100.38 334.38 ± 97.21
Serum urea (mmol/L) 5.70 ± 2.22 6.50 ± 3.30 6.14 ± 2.89
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.96 ± 0.29 0.98 ± 0.41 0.97 ± 0.36
Disease 40.27% 39.14% 39.76%
Hypertension (%) 28.78% 27.58% 28.24%
Cardiovascular disease (%) 6.21% 5.72% 5.99%
Stroke (%) 2.80% 1.65% 2.28%
Diabetes (%) 2.38% 1.40% 1.94%
Dyslipidemia (%) 0.93% 0.88% 0.91%
Cancer (%) 0.41% 0.38% 0.4%

Notes.

Abbreviations

MDRD
modification of diet in renal disease
CKD-EPI
chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration
BIS1
Berlin Initiative Study 1
eGFR
estimated glomerular filtration rate.