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Table 3 Baseline characteristics by status for chronic kidney disease based on various kidney function estimators

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

Variables

CKD (MDRD)

CKD (CKD-CG)

CKD (CKD-EPI)

No

Yes

P

No

Yes

p

No

Yes

p

n (%)

445 (89.0)

55 (11.0)

 

429 (85.8)

71 (14.2)

 

450 (90.0)

50 (10.0)

 

Sex (women)

208 (46.7)

25 (45.5)

0.887

201 (46.9)

32 (46.6)

0.799

210 (46.7)

23 (46.0)

>0.999

Mean age, years (SD)

44.1 (12.7)

54.7 (13.4)

<0.001

43.4 (12.1)

56.9 (13.6)

<0.001

44.1 (12.4)

56.1 (14.2)

<0.001

History of hypertension (%)

44 (9.9)

17 (30.9)

<0.001

42 (9.8)

19 (26.8)

<0.001

44 (9.8)

17 (34.0)

<0.001

History of diabetes (%)

8 (1.8)

6 (10.9)

0.002

8 (1.9)

6 (8.5)

0.008

8 (1.8)

6 (12.0)

0.001

History of gout (%)

4 (0.9)

2 (3.6)

0.134

4 (0.9)

2 (2.8)

0.204

4 (0.9)

2 (4.0)

0.113

Tobacco use (%)

32 (7.2)

3 (5.5)

0.785

32 (7.5)

3 (4.2)

0.453

33 (7.3)

2 (4.0)

0.561

Alcohol use (%)

245 (55.1)

27 (49.1)

0.473

238 (55.5)

34 (47.9)

0.249

248 (55.1)

24 (48.0)

0.371

Longstanding use of herbal medicine (%)

256 (57.5)

33 (60.0)

0.774

249 (58.0)

40 (56.3)

0.797

260 (57.8)

29 (58.0)

>0.999

Longstanding use of street medicine (%)

130 (29.2)

18 (32.7)

0.639

124 (28.9)

24 (33.8)

0.403

129 (28.7)

19 (38.0)

0.192

Mean SBP, mmHg (SD)

132 (24)

138 (29)

0.081

131 (23)

140 (30)

0.008

132 (24)

139 (30)

0.052

Mean DBP, mmHg (SD)

81 (14)

85 (19)

0.076

81 (14)

94 (18)

0.138

81 (14)

84 (19)

0.127

Any hypertension (%)

161 (36.2)

32 (58.2)

0.002

154 (35.9)

39 (54.9)

0.004

163 (36.2)

30 (60.0)

0.002

Mean BMI, kg/m2 (SD)

27.0 (12.6)

28.2 (6.5)

0.107

27.4 (5.3)

25.2 (5.1)

0.002

27.0 (5.2)

27.9 (6.5)

0.268

BMI > =25 (%)

267 (60.0)

35 (63.6)

0.663

269 (62.7)

33 (46.5)

0.012

272 (60.4)

30 (60.0)

>0.999

Pulse (SD)

76 (13)

78 (14)

0.344

76 (13)

77 (13)

0.651

76 (13)

79 (14)

0.236

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