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Table 2 Kidney disease 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 N

Results for all

Number of Nevis participants assessed

Nevis results

Number of St. Kitts participants assessed

St. Kitts results

P*

Kidney Disease Measures

 Serum creatinine in mg/dL, mean (SD)

1978

0.9 (0.3)

950

0.9 (0.3)

1028

0.9 (0.4)

0.04

 Estimated GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) mean (SD)

1978

98 (30)

950

95 (30)

1028

100 (29)

<0.001

 Estimated GFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2, n (%)

1978

93 (4.7)

950

44 (4.6)

1028

49 (4.8)

0.89

 Estimated GFR <45 mL/min/1.73 m2, n (%)

1978

32 (1.6)

950

18 (1.9)

1028

14 (1.4)

0.35

 CKD stage, n (%) [among persons with estimated GFR < 60]

93

--

--

--

--

--

0.87

 -Stage 3 (estimated GFR 30 to 59)

 

82 (88.2)

--

38 (86.4)

--

44 (90)

 

 -Stage 4 (estimated GFR 15–29)

 

9 (9.7)

--

5 (11.4)

--

4 (8)

 

 -Stage 5 (estimated GFR <15)

 

2 (2.2)

--

1 (2.3)

--

1 (2)

 

 Urine protein, n (%)

--

--

929

    

 0 to trace mg/dL

 

--

 

803 (86.4)

   

 ≥ 30 to <100 mg/dL

 

--

 

103 (11.1)

   

 ≥ 100 to <300 mg/dL

 

--

 

18 (1.9)

   

 ≥ 300 mg/dL

 

--

 

5 (0.5)

   

 Urine protein ≥30 mg/dL, n (%)

--

--

929

126 (13.5)

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