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Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2021 Aug 9;78(4):1042–1052. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17323

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of the participants with hypertension (without diabetes) who were tested for ACR at baseline

Cohort (country) N Age, mean (SD), years Women, No. (%) SBP, mean (SD), mmHg Any HTN med use, No. (%) RAAS inhibitor use, No. (%) Other HTN med use, No. (%) No. (%) of participants BMI, mean (SD), Kg/m2 eGFR, mean (SD), ml/min/ 1.73 m2 ACR ≥30 mg/g, No. (%)
History of CHD History of HF
Development : research cohorts
Pima (US) 205 33 (15) 43 (21) 141 (15) 55 (27) 24 (18) 31 (15) NA 0 (0) 36 (7) 119 (17) 31 (15)
PREVEND (Netherlands) 1917 61 (11) 844 (44) 143 (19) 1095 (62) 434 (23) 661 (37) 238 (12) 43 (2) 28 (4) 86 (17) 352 (18)
Rancho Bernardo (US) 799 74 (10) 485 (61) 146 (20) 518 (65) NA 518 (65) 78 (10) 28 (4) 25 (4) 63 (15) 120 (15)
Development : clinical cohorts
Geisinger (US) 5299 68 (15) 2938 (55) 130 (17) 4510 (85) 2884 (54) 3532 (67) 1287 (24) 397 (7) 31 (7) 66 (23) 1101 (21)
Maccabi (Israel) 18539 64 (13) 8410 (45) 137 (18) 14134 (76) 10494 (57) 10114 (55) 2713 (15) 409 (2) 30 (6) 80 (22) 7606 (41)
Mt Sinai BioMe (US) 528 60 (13) 317 (60) 137 (22) 322 (61) 206 (39) 278 (53) 24 (5) 63 (12) 32 (9) 71 (27) 172 (33)
OLDW cohort 1 (US) 858 66 (13) 503 (59) 131 (18) 558 (65) 252 (29) 501 (58) 184 (21) 78 (9) 32 (7) 70 (22) 185 (22)
OLDW cohort 2 (US) 2684 62 (13) 1576 (59) 131 (18) 1914 (71) 1181 (44) 1680 (63) 491 (18) 142 (5) 32 (7) 75 (24) 579 (22)
OLDW cohort 4 (US) 1490 63 (14) 751 (50) 150 (38) 757 (51) 313 (21) 660 (44) 285 (19) 97 (7) 31 (8) 63 (26) 563 (38)
OLDW cohort 6 (US) 2200 61 (13) 1231 (56) 133 (18) 712 (32) 347 (16) 616 (28) 360 (16) 112 (5) 32 (7) 76 (23) 392 (18)
OLDW cohort 7 (US) 1224 61 (14) 587 (48) 133 (18) 558 (46) 344 (28) 436 (36) 155 (13) 35 (3) 32 (7) 78 (22) 277 (23)
OLDW cohort 8 (US) 2749 56 (13) 1500 (55) 141 (21) 1521 (55) 548 (20) 1408 (51) 382 (14) 96 (3) 34 (9) 82 (23) 613 (22)
OLDW cohort 9 (US) 5910 60 (13) 2544 (43) 133 (18) 3985 (67) 2209 (37) 3405 (58) 952 (16) 226 (4) 31 (7) 77 (23) 1301 (22)
OLDW cohort 10 (US) 2143 62 (13) 1114 (52) 134 (19) 1489 (70) 962 (45) 1221 (57) 346 (16) 107 (5) 32 (8) 77 (22) 416 (19)
OLDW cohort 11 (US) 556 66 (13) 342 (62) 131 (19) 330 (59) 163 (29) 281 (51) 126 (23) 60 (11) 31 (7) 64 (23) 240 (43)
OLDW cohort 13 (US) 2239 63 (13) 1136 (51) 130 (17) 1198 (54) 649 (29) 986 (44) 300 (13) 69 (3) 29 (6) 78 (20) 351 (16)
SCREAM (Sweden) 3803 65 (15) 1691 (44) NA 3339 (88) 2208 (58) 2871 (75) 529 (14) 454 (12) NA 68 (27) 1650 (43)
West of Scotland (Scotland) 1499 71 (13) 814 (54) 145 (25) 705 (47) 433 (29) 546 (36) 226 (15) 72 (5) 29 (8) 38 (18) 426 (28)
Total 54642 63 (14) 26826 (49) 135 (19) 37700 (69) 23651 (44) 29745 (55) 8676 (16) 2488 (5) 31 (7) 75 (24) 16375 (30)
Validation : research cohorts
UK Biobank (UK) 213269 59 (7) 105697 (50) 153 (15) 57138 (27) 36818 (17) 20320 (10) 6243 (3) 128 (0) 28 (5) 89 (13) 12003 (6)
Validation : clinical cohorts
CURE-CKD (US) 2204 63 (15) 1107 (50) 132 (19) NA NA NA 215 (10) 61 (3) 29 (6) 70 (26) 595 (27)
OLDW cohort 14 (US) 957 67 (12) 460 (48) 133 (18) 674 (70) 415 (43) 566 (59) 202 (21) 48 (5) 31 (7) 68 (21) 134 (14)
OLDW cohort 15 (US) 740 58 (14) 370 (50) 136 (19) 457 (62) 284 (38) 383 (52) 87 (12) 23 (3) 32 (7) 83 (24) 193 (26)
OLDW cohort 17 (US) 6497 64 (13) 3482 (54) 134 (18) 4483 (69) 2459 (38) 3802 (59) 1222 (19) 316 (5) 31 (7) 74 (21) 1417 (22)
OLDW cohort 18 (US) 1433 64 (14) 770 (54) 132 (16) 975 (68) 499 (35) 795 (55) 289 (20) 97 (7) 31 (7) 73 (22) 322 (22)
RCAV (US) 21445 66 (12) 657 (3) 134 (17) 14785 (69) 7719 (36) 12190 (57) 6431 (30) 1606 (7) 30 (6) 77 (16) 4078 (19)
Total 246545 60 (9) 112543 (46) 151 (17) 78583 (32) 48202 (20) 38127 (15) 14689 (6) 2279 (1) 28 (5) 87 (15) 18742 (7)

ACR, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio; SD, standard deviation; SBP, systolic blood pressure; RAAS, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; HTN, hypertension; CHD, coronary heart disease; HF, heart failure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; IQI, interquartile interval; BMI, body mass index; NA, not available; med, medication