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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2022 Jan 11;175(3):305–313. doi: 10.7326/M21-2928

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Participants by Self-reported Race

Variables Overall (n=3873) Self-reported Race
Black (n=1631) Non-Black (n=2242)
Age, mean (SD), years 57.8 (10.9) 57.8 (10.5) 57.8 (11.2)
Male, No. (%) 2122 (54.8) 796 (48.8) 1326 (59.1)
Body mass index, mean (SD), kg/m2 32.1 (7.8) 33.5 (8.3) 31.1 (7.3)
Current smoking, No. (%) 510 (13.2) 318 (19.5) 192 (8.6)
Hemoglobin A1C, mean (SD), % 6.6 (1.6) 6.9 (1.7) 6.5 (1.4)
Diabetes mellitus, No. (%) 1868 (48.2) 842 (51.6) 1026 (45.8)
Use of glucose-lowering medications, No. (%) 1063 (27.6) 467 (28.8) 596 (26.8)
Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg 128.3 (22.0) 132.6 (22.9) 125.1 (20.8)
Diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg 71.4 (12.7) 73.6 (13.7) 69.9 (11.7)
Use of blood pressure-lowering medications, No. (%) 3536 (91.3) 1547 (94.8) 1989 (88.7)
Urinary PCR, median [IQR], mg/g 154.2 [58.1, 785.2] 199.3 [61.8, 870.3] 132.7 [55.6, 695.3]
Estimated glomerular filtration rate, mean (SD), mL/min/1.73 m2 *
 Creatinine-based with age, sex, and race 44.2 (15.0) 43.6 (15.0) 44.7 (15.0)
 Creatinine-based with age and sex 44.4 (15.3) 40.0 (13.5) 47.5 (15.7)
 Cystatin C-based with age and sex 52.8 (23.8) 50.9 (23.1) 54.2 (24.2)
 Creatinine- and cystatin C-based with age, sex, and race 47.3 (18.6) 46.0 (18.3) 48.2 (18.8)
 Creatinine- and cystatin C-based with age and sex 49.2 (19.6) 46.0 (18.3) 51.6 (20.2)
Predicted 2-year risk of ESKD, mean (SD), %
 Creatinine-based with age, sex, and race 5.0 (10.9) 5.3 (11.0) 4.8 (10.8)
 Creatinine-based with age and sex 5.1 (11.0) 6.5 (12.5) 4.1 (9.7)
 Cystatin C-based with age and sex 4.8 (11.1) 5.2 (11.1) 4.5 (11.0)
 Creatinine- and cystatin C-based with age, sex, and race 5.2 (11.3) 5.6 (11.4) 4.9 (11.3)
 Creatinine- and cystatin C-based with age and sex 4.9 (11.0) 5.7 (11.7) 4.3 (10.4)
2-year Kaplan-Meier observed risk of ESKD, % (95% CI) 5.9 (5.2, 6.7) 6.5 (5.3, 7.7) 5.5 (4.6, 6.5)

ACR = albumin-to-creatinine ratio; CKD-EPI = Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration; ESKD = end-stage kidney disease; IQR = interquartile range; PCR = protein-to-creatinine ratio; SD = standard deviation

*

Calculated based on the CKD-EPI equations

Calculated using the 4-variable Kidney Failure Risk Equation (including age, sex, eGFR, and urinary ACR) with glomerular filtration rate estimated using the CKD-EPI equations and urinary ACR converted from urinary PCR