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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants from Wakiso, Uganda by gender

From: Kidney disease in Uganda: a community based study

Characteristic

Total N = 955

Males (N = 315)

Female (N = 640)

Median age (IQR)

31 (24–42)

30 (24–40)

32 (25–43)

Age group

 18–29

410 (42.9)

151 (47.9)

259 (40.5)

 30–39

261 (27.3)

78 (24.8)

183 (28.6)

 40–49

136 (14.2)

48 (15.2)

88 (13.7)

 50–59

73 (7.6)

17 (5.4)

56 (8.8)

 60+

75 (7.9)

21 (6.7)

54 (8.4)

Sub-county

 Nansana Town Council

696 (72.9)

213 (67.6)

483 (75.5)

 Busukuma

259 (27.1)

102 (32.4)

157 (24.5)

SESa

 Poorest

226 (23.7)

75 (23.8)

151 (23.6)

 Poor

225 (23.6)

85 (26.9)

140 (21.9)

 Less poor

261 (27.3)

80 (25.4)

181 (28.3)

 Least poor

243 (25.4)

75 (23.8)

168 (26.2)

Median Weight (IQR)

61 (53–71)

61 (56–69)

60 (52–72)

BMI groups

 Underweight

52 (5.5)

24 (7.6)

28 (4.4)

 Normal

544 (56.9)

230 (73.0)

314 (49.1)

 Overweight

231 (24.2)

49 (15.6)

182 (28.4)

 Obese

128 (13.4)

12 (3.8)

116 (18.1)

HIV-Infection

 No

862 (90.3)

289 (91.8)

573 (89.5)

 Yes

93 (9.7)

26 (8.2)

67 (10.5)

Diabetic n (%)

 Normal

733 (76.8)

271 (86.0)

462 (72.2)

 Impaired tolerance

173 (18.1)

38 (12.1)

135 (21.1)

 Diabetic

49 (5.1)

6 (1.9)

43 (6.7)

Hypertension n (%)

 Normal

716 (75.0)

235 (74.6)

481 (75.2)

 Hypertensive

239 (25.0)

80 (25.4)

159 (24.8)

Smoking, n (%)

 Never smoked

862 (90.3)

259 (82.2)

603 (94.2)

 Previously smoker

39 (4.1)

17 (5.4)

22 (3.4)

Current smoker

54 (5.6)

39 (12.4)

15 (2.3)

Alcohol use n (%)

 None

841 (88.1)

254 (80.6)

587 (91.7)

 Mild

33 (3.5)

16 (5.1)

17 (2.6)

 Moderate

52 (5.4)

25 (7.9)

27 (4.2)

 Heavy

29 (3.0)

20 (6.4)

9 (1.4)

Mean serum creatinine (SD)

0.66 (0.18)

0.75 (0.2)

0.62 (0.2)

CCr (mls/min/1.73 m2)median (IQR)

 CG

124 (101–158)

124 (103–157)

124 (101–160)

 MDRD

140 (116–177)

149 (123–188)

136 (112–170)

 CKD-Epi

138 (122–152)

141 (128–155)

136 (119–150)

Proteinuria (urine protein ≥ 1+)

 No

952 (99.7)

314 (99.7)

638 (99.7)

 Yes

3 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, CG Cockroft Gault, CCr creatinine clearance, CKD-EPI Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Consortium equation, IQR Interquartile range, MDRD 4-variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation, SES social economic score
  2. aSocio-economic Score (SES) derived from conducting Principle Component Analysis (PCA) on a statistical software using variables relating to household infrastructure and property ownership