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. 2022 Jan 18;23:36. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02659-6

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participants from NHANES, 2013 to 2014

Characteristics CKD Controls (without CKD)
Normal olfactory function (n = 292) With olfactory dysfunction (n = 181) P-value Normal olfactory function (n = 2471) With olfactory dysfunction (n = 583) P-value
Gustatory dysfunction, % 8.4 16.0 0.07 17.9 20.0 0.37
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), ml/min/1.73 m2 48.1 (0.9) 43.9 (1.4) 0.03 88.8 (0.4) 87.0 (1.0) 0.09
Age, y 67.6 (0.9) 73.7 (1.0) 0.002 55.5 (0.2) 60.9 (0.9) < 0.001
Male, % 43.0 45.2 0.60 47.0 54.2 0.07
Race, % 0.01 0.003
 - Non-Hispanic white 83.7 75.7 72.5 62.2
 - Non-Hispanic black 7.5 12.3 9.4 11.9
 - Hispanic 4.7 8.5 11.3 15.1
 - Other 4.2 3.5 6.8 10.9
Education attainment, % < 0.001 < 0.001
 - Less than high school 12.3 31.5 13.1 25.3
 - High school 22.2 21.8 21.8 20.4
 - Above high school 65.5 45.7 65.2 54.2
Marital status, % 0.006 0.67
 - Married or cohabiting 39.9 54.9 68.9 67.1
 - Not married or cohabiting 60.1 45.1 31.1 32.9
Family income to poverty ratio, % 0.002 0.001
 - < 1.3 21.8 28.3 19.1 28.1
 - 1.3–3.5 35.0 53.4 32.7 42.0
 - > 3.5 43.3 18.4 48.2 29.9
Tobacco use, % 0.30 0.07
 - Never 50.5 51.1 55.3 52.3
 - Past 40.0 34.2 26.1 32.6
 - Current 9.5 14.0 18.6 15.0
Alcohol drinking 0.05 0.002
 - Non-drinker 36.0 52.5 22.7 37.9
 - 1–3 drinks 45.6 35.7 47.3 36.7
 - > 4 drinks 18.4 11.8 29.9 25.5
Obesity, % 43.1 35.9 0.28 39.4 34.0 0.06
Underlying disease
Chronic hypertension, % 82.1 84.0 0.73 53.2 60.9 0.007
Cardiovascular disease, % 25.5 38.2 0.009 7.1 10.1 0.04
Diabetes, % 32.3 32.8 0.93 12.4 15.4 0.09
Depression, % 30.4 32.7 0.76 23.3 20.7 0.30
Cancer, % 26.1 27.0 0.86 13.2 18.9 0.02