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Table 5 Characteristics of people without monitored renal function compared to those with monitored renal function

From: Association of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and failure to monitor renal function with adverse outcomes in people with diabetes: a primary care cohort study

 

Renal function not monitored (N = 4460) n (%)

Renal function monitored (N = 31042) n (%)

P =

Age: mean (±SD)

59.1 years (±16.5)

64.2 years (±13.9)

<0.001

Gender: male

2,434 (54.6%)

16,764 (53.9%)

0.432

Ethnicity

N = 2,227

N = 23,986

 

White

1,232 (55.3)

13,990 (58.3)

 

Mixed

37 (1.7)

369 (1.5)

 

Asian

480 (21.6)

5,735 (23.9)

 

Black

210 (9.4)

1,973 (8.2)

 

Other

268 (12.0)

1,919 (8.0)

<0.001

Smoking Status

N = 2765

N = 25263

 

Never smoked

1,562 (56.5)

14,787 (58.5)

 

Current Smoker

741 (26.8)

5,879 (18.2)

 

Ex-smoker

462 (16.7)

4,597 (18.2)

<0.001

Alcohol Consumption

N = 1,662

N = 21568

 

No alcohol

736 (44.3)

10,514 (48.7)

 

Light alcohol

707 (42.5)

9,417 (43.7)

 

Excess alcohol

194 (11.7)

1,531 (7.1)

 

Previous excess alcohol

25 (1.5)

106 (0.5)

<0.001

Investigations

   

HbA1c: not monitored

1,496 (33.5)

1,939 (6.2)

<0.001

HbA1c: mean (±SD)

8.16% (±2.09)

8.55 (±2.07)

<0.001

Total cholesterol: not monitored

1,413 (31.7)

633 (2.0)

<0.001

Total cholesterol: mean (±SD)

4.93 mmol/l (±1.15)

4.60 mmol/l (±1.08)

<0.001

LDL cholesterol: not monitored

2,510 (56.3)

13,168 (42.4)

<0.001

LDL cholesterol: mean (±SD)

2.70 mmol/l (±0.99)

2.51 mmol/l (±0.91)

<0.001

HDL cholesterol: not monitored

1,688 (37.8)

4,162 (13.4)

<0.001

HDL cholesterol: mean (±SD)

1.35 mmol/l (±0.39)

1.29 mmol/l (±0.38)

<0.001

Medications

   

ACE/ARBs prescribed

1,847 (41.4)

20,403 (65.7)

<0.001

Lipid lowering drugs prescribed

2,134 (47.8)

24,136 (77.8)

<0.001

Aspirin prescribed

801 (18.0)

9,081 (29.3)

<0.001

  1. For ethnicity, smoking status, and alcohol consumption only those with recorded values are included. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation.