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. 2021 Jan 21;22:37. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02239-8

Table 4.

Baseline characteristics of study population by eGFR results (n = 1272)

eGFR categories p-value
<  60 60–90 ≥90
(n = 11) (n = 165) (n = 1096)
Age, mean (SD) 66.5 (13.8) 62.4 (14.4) 39.3 (12.9) <  0.001
Age categorized
 <  50 years 1 (9.1) 34 (20.6) 861 (78.6) < 0.001
 50+ years 10 (90.9) 129 (79.4) 235 (21.4)
Sex
 Male 8 (72.7) 107 (64.9) 444 (40.5) < 0.001
 Female 3 (27.3) 58 (35.1) 652 (59.5)
Site
 Urban 7 (63.6) 95 (57.6) 523 (47.7) 0.04
 Rural 4 (36.7) 70 (42.4) 573 (52.3)
Education (in years)
 0–7 years 8 (72.7) 110 (66.7) 291 (26.6) <  0.001
 7–11 years 3 (27.3) 38 (23.0) 509 (46.4)
 > 12 years 0 (0.0) 17 (10.3) 296 (27.0)
Pesticide exposure (ever)
 Yes 2 (18.1) 35 (21.2) 227 (20.7) 0.97
 Sugarcane work
 Yes 1 (9.1) 3 (1.8) 24 (2.2) 0.28
Agriculture work
 Yes 4 (36.4) 69 (41.8) 355 (32.4) 0.06
Heat exposure at work
 Yes 3 (27.3) 52 (31.5) 316 (28.8) 0.77
Monthly household income
 < 850 PEN (≈258 USD) 3 (50.0) 97 (69.3) 594 (63.7) 0.34
Water source
 Piped water 6 (60.0) 90 (58.4) 465 (46.2) 0.007
 Well 2 (20.0) 39 (25.3) 383 (38.1)
 River 0 (0.0) 19 (12.4) 97 (9.6)
 Trunk 2 (20.0) 6 (3.9) 61 (6.1)
Health insurance
 Yes 11 (100.0) 150 (90.9) 947 (86.4) 0.12
Current smoking
 Yes 1 (9.1) 20 (12.1) 134 (12.2) 0.95
Heavy drinking
 Yes 0 (0.0) 12 (7.3) 118 (10.8) 0.21
Physical activity
 Low 8 (72.7) 137 (83.0) 830 (75.7) 0.11
Medicine intake risk
 Yes 4 (36.4) 82 (49.7) 559 (51.0) 0.60
Herbal medicine use
 Yes 7 (63.6) 98 (59.4) 496 (45.3) 0.002
 SBP, mean (SD) 130.8 (26.1) 125.4 (19.7) 110.4 (14.0) < 0.001
 DBP, mean (SD) 83.5 (14.8) 81.1 (11.5) 75.8 (9.8) < 0.001
Hypertension
 Yes 4 (36.4) 44 (26.7) 95 (8.7) < 0.001
High cholesterol
 Yes 2 (18.2) 36 (22.0) 170 (15.8) 0.14
Tuberculosis
 Yes 0 (0.0) 3 (1.8) 18 (1.7) 0.90
Hepatitis B
 Yes 0 (0.0) 1 (0.6) 7 (0.6) 0.97
Leptospirosis
 Yes 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (0.5) 0.67
Urolithiasis
 Yes 2 (18.2) 33 (20.0) 157 (14.3) 0.16
 Glucose, mean (SD) 104.4 (54.6) 91.7 (19.1) 88.7 (18.4) 0.005
Type 2 diabetes
 Yes 1 (9.1) 4 (2.4) 22 (2.0) 0.26
 Body fat %, mean (SD) 32.8 (10.2) 33.6 (9.5) 31.7 (9.5) 0.05
 Body mass index, mean (SD) 25.9 (4.5) 27.2 (4.3) 27.4 (4.5) 0.54
BMI categorized
 Normal 5 (45.5) 52 (31.5) 334 (30.5) 0.64
 Overweight 5 (45.5) 74 (44.9) 474 (43.3)
 Obese 1 (9.0) 39 (23.6) 288 (26.2)
Urine density
 ≥1020 4 (36.4) 78 (47.3) 733 (66.9) < 0.001
Urine protein
 Negative 10 (90.9) 165 (100.0) 1093 (99.7) < 0.001
 Trace 1 (9.1) 0 1 (0.1)
 Positive 0 (0.0) 0 2 (0.2)
Urine glucose
 ≥ 250 mg/dl 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 18 (1.6) 0.03