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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, kidney function test and urine profile by sex

From: Prevalence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease in urban adult Cameroonians according to three common estimators of the glomerular filtration rate: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Overall

Men

Women

P

n (%)

500 (100)

267 (53.4)

233 (46.6)

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Mean age, years (SD)

45.3 (13.2)

45.9 (13.5)

44.6 (12.8)

0.267

History of hypertension (%)

61 (12.2)

25 (9.4)

36 (15.5)

0.041

History of diabetes (%)

14 (2.8)

6 (2.2)

8 (3.4)

0.433

History of gout (%)

6 (1.2)

4 (1.5)

2 (0.9)

0.690

Tobacco use currently or formerly (%)

35 (7.0)

34 (12.7)

1 (0.4)

<0.001

Alcohol use currently or formerly (%)

272 (54.4)

184 (68.9)

88 (37.8)

<0.001

Longstanding use of herbal medicine (%)

289 (57.8)

160 (59.9)

129 (55.4)

0.303

Longstanding use of street medicine (%)

148 (29.6)

81 (30.3)

67 (28.8)

0.768

Mean SBP, mmHg (SD)

132 (24)

137 (23)

128 (24)

<0.001

Mean DBP, mmHg (SD)

81 (15)

82 (15)

81 (14)

0.267

Any hypertension (%)

193 (38.6)

109 (40.8)

84 (36.1)

0.311

Mean BMI, kg/m2 (SD)

27.1 (5.3)

25.8 (3.9)

28.6 (6.3)

<0.001

BMI > 25 (%)

302 (60.4)

143 (53.6)

159 (68.2)

0.001

Pulse (SD)

77 (13)

74 (13)

79 (12)

<0.001

Dipstick abnormalities (%)

    

 Albuminuria

   

0.542

  A1

464 (92.8)

246 (92.1)

218 (93.6)

 

  A2

29 (5.8)

18 (6.7)

11 (4.7)

 

  A3

7 (1.4)

3 (0.6)

4 (0.8)

 

Mean serum creatinine (jaffe), mg/dl (SD)

10.5 (2.6)

11.7 (2.6)

9.1 (1.8)

<0.001

Mean serum creatinine (standardized), mg/dl (SD)

9.9 (2.5)

11.0 (2.5)

8.6 (1.7)

<0.001

Mean Creatinine clearance, ml/min (SD)

    

 MDRD

93.7 (24.9)

93.8 (25.3)

93.7 (24.5)

0.981

 CG

97.8 (24.9)

96.5 (24.8)

99.4 (24.9)

0.201

 CKD-EPI

99.2 (31.4)

95.5 (28.6)

103.5 (33.9)

0.005

Stages of kidney function (eGFR), (%)

    

 MDRD

>90

259 (51.8)

139 (52.1)

120 (51.5)

0.983

 

60–90

214 (42.8)

114 (42.7)

100 (42.9)

 
 

45–59

24 (4.8)

11 (4.1)

13 (5.6)

 
 

30–44

2 (0.4)

2 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

 
 

15–29

1 (0.2)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

 

 CG

>90

296 (59.2)

155 (58.1)

141 (60.5)

0.854

 

60–90

160 (32.0)

88 (33.0)

72 (30.9)

 
 

45–59

33 (6.6)

16 (6.0)

17 (7.3)

 
 

30–44

10 (2.0)

7 (2.6)

3 (1.3)

 
 

15–29

1 (0.2)

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

 

 CKD-EPI

>90

301 (60.2)

152 (56.9)

149 (63.9)

0.206

 

60–90

177 (35.4)

104 (39.0)

73 (31.3)

 
 

45–59

19 (3.8)

8 (3.0)

11 (4.7)

 
 

30–44

2 (0.4)

2 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

 
 

15–29

1 (0.2)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. A albuminuria, BMI body mass index, CG Cockroft-Gault, CKD-EPI chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration, DBP diastolic blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease, SBP systolic blood pressure, SD standard deviation