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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2021 Nov 26;101(2):369–378. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.10.035

Table 1:

Summary statistics of participants in the MDRD study (“Total Group”) and the subset of patients with measured GFR (mGFR) < 20 ml/min/1.73 m2 (“mGFR<20 subgroup”).

Total Group (N=695) mGFR<20 Subgroup (N=214)
Median (IQR) or N (%) Median (IQR) or N (%)
Age, years 52 (43, 61) 53 (40, 60)
Female Sex 267 (38.4%) 92 (43.0%)
White 596 (85.9%) 178 (83.2%)
Cause of Kidney Disease
 Glomerular disease 197 (28.3%) 64 (30.0%)
 Polycystic kidney disease 168 (24.2%) 59 (27.6%)
 Absence of one kidney 21 (3.0%) 7 (3.3%)
 Hypertensive nephrosclerosis 44 (6.3%) 15 (7.0%)
 Tubulointerstitial diseases 32 (4.6%) 9 (4.2%)
 Urinary tract diseases 27 (3.9%) 10 (4.7%)
 Other or unknown 175 (25.2%) 46 (21.5%)
Body Mass Index, kg/m2 26.3 (23.9, 28.9) 25.0 (22.8, 27.2)
Systolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg 129 (118, 141) 130 (120, 143)
mGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 28.0 (18.0, 39.3) 14.7 (11.5, 17.4)
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.9 (11.6, 14.1) 11.4 (10.3, 12.7)
Serum albumin (g/dL) 4.1 (3.9, 4.3) 4.1 (3.9, 4.3)
Serum phosphorus (mg/dL) 3.6 (3.2, 4.1) 4.2 (3.6, 4.9)
Urine protein, g/day 0.2 (0.1, 1.1) 0.5 (0.2, 1.6)
Urine urea nitrogen, g/day 7.0 (5.2, 10.2) 5.5 (4.6, 7.0)
Never smoker 536 (77.1%) 165 (77.1%)
Type II Diabetes 35 (5.0%) 11 (5.1%)
Hypertension 580 (83.4%) 181 (84.6%)
Coronary artery disease 68 (9.8%) 23 (10.7%)
Hyperlipidemia 163 (23.5%) 42 (19.6%)
Cerebrovascular disease 10 (1.4%) 3 (1.4%)
Peripheral vascular disease 29 (4.2%) 5 (2.3%)
Peptic ulcer disease 26 (3.7%) 11 (5.1%)
Cancer 18 (2.6%) 7 (3.3%)

Abbreviations: IQR: interquartile range; mGFR: measured GFR