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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participants

From: Comparison of equations for estimating glomerular filtration rate in screening for chronic kidney disease in asymptomatic black Africans: a cross sectional study

 

Male (n = 260)

Female (n = 273)

Total (n = 533)

Male vs Female

 

Median (IQR)

Min-Max

Median (IQR)

Min-Max

Median (IQR)

Min-Max

p-value

Age (years)

39 (18)

20–65

39 (21)

18–64

39 (20)

18–65

0.971

Height (cms)

172 (8)

156–191

160 (9)

143–191

167 (13)

143–191

0.000

Weight (kg)

74 (19)

46–116

68 (16)

38–109

70 (18)

38–116

0.000

BMI (kg/m2)

24.9 (5.6)

16.3–34.9

26.1 (6.3)

17.1–38.1

25.5 (5.9)

16.3–38.1

0.051

BSA (m2)

1.88 (0.24)

1.44–2.36

1.72 (0.20)

1.27–2.24

1.78 (0.22)

1.27–2.36

0.000

Abd. Circ. (cm)

91 (15)

65–124

86 (16)

64–115

89 (17)

64–124

0.005

BP Systolic (mmHg)

127 (18)

84–179

128 (18)

118 (20)

124 (21)

77–194

0.000

BP Diastolic (mmHg)

81 (12)

56–101

79 (14)

57–112

80 (14)

56–112

0.003

aFPG (mmol/L)

4.9 (0.8)

3.0–15.6

4.8 (0.7)

3.3–19.5

4.9 (0.8)

3.0–19.5

0.191

Creatinine (μmol/L)

80 (20)

50–126

61 (15)

30–93

70 (21)

30–126

0.000

4v–MDRD eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

114 (34)

61–184

118 (34)

69–251

115 (33)

61–251

0.126

4v–MDRDb eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

94 (28)

50–152

97 (28)

57–207

95 (28)

50–207

0.126

CKDEPI eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

118 (25)

60–151

124 (25)

71–168

121 (25)

60–168

0.090

CKDEPI eGFRb (mL/min/1.73m2)

102 (21)

52–130

107 (22)

62–146

105 (22)

52–146

0.061

CG eGFRc (mL/min/1.73m2)

103 (26)

55–163

163 (45)

85–345

128 (61)

55–345

0.000

FAS eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

100 (23)

51–163

104 (25)

58–200

102 (25)

51–200

0.309

  1. KEY: IQR Interquartile range, Abd.Circ. Abdominal circumference, BMI Body Mass Index, BP Blood pressure, FPG Fasting plasma glucose (a5 males didn’t have this test done), bNot corrected for race, cCorrected for body surface area