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. 2022 Jul 7;23:242. doi: 10.1186/s12882-022-02865-w

Table 2.

Risk factors of kidney disease among study patients

Patients with eGFR of ≥ 60mls or proteinuria of trace or negative Patients with
eGFR < 60mls / min and or proteinuria ≥  + 1
Statistic Frequency (%) Frequency (%) Odds Ratio 95% CI P-value
Frequency (N = 357) 263 (73.7) 94 (26.3)
Age: Median (IQR) 45 (30—62) 51 (35—67) 1.01 1.00—1.02 0.069
Age categories
 18–35 93 (79.5) 24 (20.5) 1.00
 36–59 97 (72.9) 36 (27.1) 1.44 0.80—2.59 0.227
 60 years and above 73 (68.2) 34 (31.8) 1.80 0.98—3.31 0.056
Sex (%)
 Female 124 (73.8) 44 (26.2) 1.00
 Male 139 (73.5) 50 (26.5) 1.01 0.63—1.63 0.955
Alcohol Use
 No 153 (72.5) 58 (27.5) 1.00
 Yes 110 (75.3) 36 (24.7) 0.86 0.53—1.40 0.551
Previous or Current Cigarette smoking
 No 214 (74.3) 74 (25.7) 1.00
 Yes 49 (71) 20 (29) 1.18 0.66—2.12 0.577
HIV status
 Negative 186 (73.5) 67 (26.5) 1.00
 Positive 77 (74) 27 (26) 0.97 0.58—1.64 0.919
Had Diabetes mellitus
 No 236 (75.2) 78 (24.8) 1.00
 Yes 27 (62.8) 16 (37.2) 1.79 0.92—3.50 0.087
Had Hypertension
 No 222 (77.9) 63 (22.1) 1.00
 Yes 41 (56.9) 31 (43.1) 2.66 1.55—4.59  < 0.001
Previous febrile illness in past 3 months
 No 117 (73.6) 42 (26.4) 1.00
 Yes 146 (73.7) 52 (26.3) 0.99 0.62—1.59 0.974
Diarrhea or vomiting in past 3-months
 No 177 (79.4) 46 (20.6) 1.00
 Yes 86 (64.2) 48 (35.8) 2.15 1.33—3.47 0.002
Previous use of herbal remedies
 No 235 (73.9) 83 (26.1) 1.00
 Yes 28 (71.8) 11 (28.2) 1.11 0.53—2.33 0.778
Previous use of NSAIDS
 No 243 (74.1) 85 (25.9) 1.00
 Yes 20 (69) 9 (31) 1.29 0.56—2.93 0.549
Heart failure
 No 258 (74.6) 88 (25.4) 1.00
 Yes 5 (45.5) 6 (54.5) 3.52 1.05—11.81 0.042