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. 2021 Jun 1;6(8):2189–2199. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.05.031

Table 1.

Study Population Characteristicsa

Characteristic Total (N = 107,962) ACR Measurement Available Within 1 Year (n = 39,476) ACR Measurement Unavailable Within 1 Year (n = 68,486)
Index eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2), mean (SD) 45.34 (10.41) 44.22 (10.48) 45.99 (10.31)
Age (yrs), median (IQR) 79.52 (72.58-85.24) 78.59 (71.94-84.09) 79.93 (72.86-85.75)
Male 46,310 (42.89) 18,752 (47.50) 27,558 (40.24)
BMI categories
 Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) 1770 (1.64) 435 (1.10) 1335 (1.95)
 Normal weight (18.5-25 kg/m2) 27,387 (25.37) 8601 (21.79) 18,786 (27.43)
 Overweight (25-30 kg/m2) 39,452 (36.54) 14,602 (36.99) 24,850 (36.28)
 Obese (>30 kg/m2) 35,513 (32.89) 15,077 (38.19) 20,436 (29.84)
 Missing 3840 (3.56) 761 (1.93) 3079 (4.50)
Ethnicity
 White 45,472 (42.12) 16,891 (42.79) 28,581(41.73)
 Black 456 (0.42) 167 (0.42) 289 (0.42)
 Chinese 186 (0.17) 73 (0.18) 113 (0.16)
 South Asian 1145 (1.06) 524 (1.33) 621 (0.91)
 Other 150 (0.14) 61 (0.15) 89 (0.13)
 Missing 60,533 (56.09) 21,760 (55.12) 38,793 (56.64)
CKD stage (CKD-EPI eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m2)
 3a (45-59) 62,251 (57.66) 20,842 (52.80) 41,409 (60.46)
 3b (30-44) 35,312 (32.71) 14,227 (36.04) 21,085 (30.79)
 4 (15-29) 9611 (8.90) 4106 (10.40) 5505 (8.04)
 5 (9-14) 788 (0.73) 301 (0.76) 487 (0.71)
Comorbidities
 Diabetes 32,814 (30.39) 20,187 (51.14) 12,627 (18.44)
 Hypertension 77,075 (71.39) 29,846 (75.61) 47,229 (68.96)
 Coronary heart disease 28,382 (26.29) 11,547 (29.25) 16,835 (24.58)
 Chronic heart failure 11,946 (11.07) 4621 (11.71) 7325 (10.70)
 Peripheral vascular disease 8281 (7.67) 3562 (9.02) 4719 (6.89)
 Cerebrovascular disease 16,402 (15.19) 5997 (15.19) 10,405 (15.19)
 Systemic lupus erythematosus 349 (0.32) 120 (0.30) 229 (0.33)
 Hematuria 11,027 (10.21) 4370 (11.07) 6657 (9.72)
 Renal stone/prostate disease 8191 (7.59) 3315 (8.40) 4876 (7.12)
 History of acute kidney injury 4290 (3.97) 1644 (4.16) 2646 (3.86)
Medications
 Calcineurin inhibitorb/lithium 1462 (1.35) 514 (1.30) 948 (1.38)
ACR (mg/mmol), median (IQR) 2.6 (1.0 to 9.2)

ACR, albumin:creatinine ratio; BMI, body mass index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CKD-EPI, Chronic Kidney Disease – Epidemiology Collaboration; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; IQR, interquartile range.

a

Values shown are n (%) unless otherwise stated.

b

Cyclosporine or tacrolimus.