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. 2020 Aug 17;12:100646. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100646

Table 3.

Neighborhood characteristics of individuals with chronic kidney disease, stratified by blood pressure control status.

Characteristic Overall Cohort with CKD and >1 BP measurement
Mean (SE)
Median (IQR)
Uncontrolled BPa
Mean (SE)
Median (IQR)
P-value
N = 2441 NO
N = 836 (34.3%)
YES
N = 1605 (65.7%)
Healthy food stores per sq km within 800 m 0.83 (0.81) 0.86 (0.85) 0.82 (0.78) 0.20
0.5 (0, 1.49) 0.5 (0, 1.49) 0.5 (0, 0.99)
Walk Score® 79.68 (12.3) 79.11 (14.31) 79.97 (11.1) 0.12
81.86 (74.79, 87) 81.67 (74, 88.08) 81.86 (75, 86.25)
% persons ≥ high school 83.48% (9.61) 84.3% (9.91) 83.05% (9.43) <0.01
84.04 (78.37, 90.58) 85.01 (78.54, 92.23) 83.27 (78.18, 89.82)
median household income 39759.68 (22641.9) 43603.69 (24154.09) 37757.43 (21550.5) <.0001
32,984 (21,750, 53,233) 37,130 (24941.5, 59,063) 31,332 (21,106, 50,208)
% persons below poverty level 28.85% (15) 26.46% (15.02) 30.09% (14.84) <.0001
30.19 (15.77, 38.93) 26.53 (13.42, 36.27) 31.29 (16.97, 40.96)
SES Index −0.66 (5.51) 0.12 (5.84) −1.06 (5.29) <.0001
−2.11 (−4.85, 3.43) −1.37 (−4.64, 4.74) −2.36 (−5.09, 1.67)
Social capital 0.61 (0.03) 0.61 (0.03) 0.61 (0.03) 0.0001
0.6 (0.59, 0.63) 0.61 (0.59, 0.64) 0.6 (0.59, 0.62)
% Hispanic 9.23% (14.5) 9.39% (14.79) 9.15% (14.35) 0.70
4.53 (2.46, 8.4) 4.51 (2.43, 8.45) 4.53 (2.51, 8.34)
% Non-Hispanic Black 54.87% (34.54) 49.44% (36.01) 57.71% (33.41) <.0001
65.01 (15.34, 88.2) 53.86 (10.19, 87.33) 68.42 (24, 88.36)
Population Density in sq km 8022.6 (4022.12) 8124.55 (4379.12) 7969.5 (3823.34) 0.39
Violence crime rates per 10,000 population 322.25 (214.6) 304.92 (220.37) 331.27 (211.04) 0.004
273.21 (156.65, 455.99) 247.69 (136.47, 418.44) 276.6 (165.89, 473.7)

Abbreviations: CKD—chronic kidney disease; BP—blood pressure; SE−standard error; IQR—interquartile range; m—meters; SES—socioeconomic status; sq—square; km--kilometers.

a

Uncontrolled blood pressure defined as ≥ 140 mmHg systolic and/or ≥ 90 mm Hg diastolic on at ≥ 1 measurement.