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Table 1 Demographics of final sample

From: The MDRD equation underestimates the prevalence of CKD among blacks and overestimates the prevalence of CKD among whites compared to the CKD-EPI equation: a retrospective cohort study

 

Black (%)

White (%)

p value for difference

Total # of Patients with ≥ 2 Labs

8.38%

91.62%

 

Gender

   

   Male

93.32%

95.21%

< .0001

   Female

6.68%

4.79%

 

Age (years)

   

   20-39

11.21%

6.58%

< .0001

   40-59

58.43%

35.26%

 

   60-69

13.29%

20.82%

 

   ≥ 70

17.07%

37.33%

 

BMI

   

   < 25

24.20%

19.13%

< .0001

   25-30

34.93%

38.28%

 

   30-40

35.07%

37.08%

 

   > 40

5.79%

5.51%

 

Per Capita Income ($)

   

   < 20,000

47.34%

17.21%

< .0001

   20,000 - 25,000

26.48%

38.75%

 

   25,000 - 30,000

11.75%

24.03%

 

   > 30,000

11.62%

18.01%

 
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