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Table 1 Participant characteristics and diabetes, hypertension and obesity screening findings among adults in St. Kitts and Nevis, overall and by island

From: Chronic kidney disease and risk factor prevalence in Saint Kitts and Nevis: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic/finding

All participants

Results for all

Number of Nevis participants assessed

Nevis results

Number of St. Kitts participants assessed

St. Kitts results

P*

Demographics

 Age in years, mean (SD)

1978

49 (15)

950

49 (15)

1028

49 (15)

0.69

 Age category, n (%)

1978

 

950

 

1028

 

0.06

 < 40 years

 

541 (27)

 

252 (26.5)

 

289 (28.1)

 

 40–49 years

 

401 (20)

 

217 (22.8)

 

184 (17.9)

 

 50–59 years

 

528 (27)

 

248 (26.1)

 

280 (27.2)

 

 ≥ 60 years

 

508 (26)

 

233 (24.5)

 

275 (26.8)

 

 Female gender, n (%)

1978

1285 (65)

950

609 (64)

1028

676 (66)

0.44

 Race/ethnicity, n (%)

1978

 

950

 

1028

 

0.14

 Black

 

1964 (99.3)

 

939 (98.8)

 

1025 (99.7)

 

 White

 

5 (0.3)

 

4 (0.4)

 

1 (0.1)

 

 Hispanic

 

9 (0.5)

 

7 (0.7)

 

2 (0.2)

 

Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Factors

 Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD)

1971

138 (66)

950

140 (63)

1021

136 (68)

0.13

 Systolic blood pressure, ≥140 mmHg, n (%)

1971

761 (38.6)

950

412 (43.4)

1021

349 (34.2)

<0.001

 Diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD)

1964

79 (15)

944

82 (13)

1020

76 (15)

<0.001

 Diastolic blood pressure, ≥90 mmHg, n (%)

1964

406 (20.7)

944

239 (25.3)

1020

167 (16.4)

<0.001

 Self-reported hypertension, n (%)

1978

637 (32)

950

267 (28)

1028

370 (36)

<0.001

 Self-reported or measured hypertension, n (%)

1978

1050 (53.1)

950

527 (56)

1028

523 (50.9)

0.04

 Serum glucose in mg/dL, mean (SD)

1518

127 (64)

857

128 (60)

661

125 (69)

0.44

 Serum glucose ≥200 mg/dL, n (%)

1518

133 (8.8)

857

70 (8.2)

661

63 (9.5)

0.35

 Self-reported diabetes mellitus, n (%)

1978

403 (20.4)

950

160 (16.8)

1028

243 (23.6)

<0.001

 Self-reported or lab-confirmed diabetes mellitus, n (%)

1978

426 (21.5)

950

172 (18.1)

1028

254 (24.7)

<0.001

 Overweight (BMI 25 to 29.9 kg/m2), n (%)

1494

529 (35.4)

904

340 (37.6)

590

189 (32.0)

0.03

 Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2), n (%)

1494

602 (40.3)

904

345 (38.2)

590

257 (43.6)

0.04

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, n number of individual participants, BMI body mass index
  2. *P values indicate whether findings on Nevis versus St. Kitts were statistically significantly different