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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants by urine albumin: creatinine ratio

From: Relationships between serum MCP-1 and subclinical kidney disease: African American-Diabetes Heart Study

Variable

Urine ACR<30 (N=300)

Urine ACR≥30 (N=179)

ALL (N=479)

P-value

Mean

Median

SD

IQR

Mean

Median

SD

IQR

Mean

Median

SD

IQR

 

Age (years)

55.9

56.0

9.6

13.0

55.0

53.0

9.5

13.0

55.6

55.0

9.5

13.0

0.32

Diabetes duration (years)

9.5

7.0

8.2

8.0

11.6

10.0

8.0

8.0

10.3

8.0

8.2

8.0

0.0007

HTN n (%)

132

(44.0)

111

(62.0)

243

(50.7)

0.0001

BMI (kg/m2)

35.5

34.1

8.5

10.0

35.6

33.6

9.2

11.3

35.5

34.0

8.7

10.6

0.83

Systolic BP (mm Hg)

129.9

129.0

16.2

21.0

138.8

137.0

21.6

27.5

133.2

132.0

18.9

24.0

<.0001

Diastolic BP (mm Hg)

76.5

76.0

10.9

14.5

79.4

80.0

11.8

16.0

77.6

77.0

11.3

15.0

0.008

Smoking n (%)

Past

114

(38.0)

55

(30.7)

169

(35.3)

0.08

Current

61

(20.3)

51

(28.5)

112

(23.4)

ACEi n (%)

116

(38.7)

75

(41.9)

191

(39.9)

0.48

ARB n (%)

37

(12.3)

34

(19.0)

71

(14.8)

0.04

Lipid lowering med n (%)

148

(51.0)

93

(52.5)

241

(51.6)

0.75

Insulin n (%)

100

(33.3)

93

(52.0)

193

(40.3)

<0.0001

TZD n (%)

37

(12.3)

19

(10.6)

56

(11.7)

0.57

  1. ACR, albumin: creatinine ratio; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; ACEi, angiotensin- converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; HTN, hypertension; TZD, thiazolidinediones.