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. 2021 Feb 23;32(3):677–685. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020081144

Table 1.

Overall characteristics of the study cohorts by various CKD-EPI estimating equations and by race

Characteristic
Cohort using eGFRcr as inclusion criteria
Overall, n=444 White, n=157 Black, n=287 P value
 Median age (IQR) yrs 62 (55–68) 63 (56–68) 62 (54–68) 0.15
 Female, n (%) 211 (48) 63 (40) 148 (52) 0.02
 Median eGFR by CKD-EPI (IQR) in ml/min per 1.73 m2 16.6 (13.9–18.4) 17.6 (15.4–18.8) 15.8 (13.4–17.9) <0.001
 Median urine protein/creatinine ratio (g/g) (IQR) 1.29 (0.42–3.02) 1.11 (0.27–2.25) 1.36 (0.50–3.36) 0.03
 Diabetes, n (%) 268 (60.4) 84 (53.5) 184 (64.1) 0.03
 Heart failure, n (%) 71 (16) 14 (8.9) 57 (19.9) 0.003
 MI, n (%) 121 (27.3) 41 (26.1) 80 (27.9) 0.74
 PVD, n (%) 48 (10.8) 15 (9.6) 33 (11.5) 0.63
 ESKD, n (%) 313 (71) 96 (61) 217 (76) 0.002
 Death, n (%) 34 (7.7) 11 (7.0) 23 (8.0) 0.85
Cohort using eGFRcys as inclusion criteria
Overall, n=435 White, n=169 Black, n=266 P value
 Median age (IQR) yrs 63 (56–68) 64 (58–70) 62 (56–68) 0.06
 Female, n (%) 219 (50) 73 (43) 146 (55) 0.02
 Median eGFR by CKD-EPI (IQR) in ml/min per 1.73 m2 16.8 (15.0–18.4) 17.4 (15.1–18.6) 16.6 (14.6–18.3) 0.04
 Median urine protein/creatinine ratio (g/g) (IQR) 1.08 (0.36–2.52) 0.84 (0.26–2.19) 1.17 (0.42–2.71) 0.06
 Diabetes, n (%) 284 (65.3) 106 (62.7) 178 (66.9) 0.41
 Heart failure, n (%) 93 (21.4) 25 (14.8) 68 (25.6) 0.008
 MI, n (%) 147 (33.8) 62 (36.7) 85 (32) 0.35
 PVD, n (%) 57 (13.1) 25 (14.8) 32 (12) 0.47
 ESKD, n (%) 291 (67) 102 (60) 189 (71) 0.02
 Death, n (%) 60 (14) 26 (15) 34 (13) 0.48
Cohort using eGFRcr-cys as inclusion criteria
Overall, n=461 White, n=177 Black, n=284 P value
 Median age (IQR) yrs 62 (55–68) 64 (55–69) 62 (54–68) 0.15
 Female, n (%) 229 (49.7) 76 (42.9) 153 (53.9) 0.03
 Median eGFR by CKD-EPI (IQR) in ml/min per 1.73 m2 17 (14.6–18.5) 17.4 (15.4–18.5) 16.5 (14.0–18.4) 0.01
 Median urine protein/creatinine ratio (g/g) (IQR) 1.15 (0.37–2.59) 0.90 (0.27–2.18) 1.33 (0.45–2.89) 0.009
 Diabetes, n (%) 291 (63.1) 105 (59.3) 186 (65.5) 0.20
 Heart failure, n (%) 83 (18) 23 (13) 60 (21.1) 0.03
 MI, n (%) 136 (29.5) 54 (30.5) 82 (28.9) 0.75
 PVD, n (%) 53 (11.5) 24 (13.6) 29 (10.2) 0.30
 ESKD, n (%) 323 (70.1) 111 (62.7) 212 (74.7) 0.009
 Death, n (%) 47 (10.2) 20 (11.3) 27 (9.5) 0.53

MI, myocardial infarction; PVD, peripheral vascular disease.