Asian Americans & chronic kidney disease in a nationally representative cohort

BMC Nephrology

Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants by race/ethnicity

Characteristics	Overall (n = 5907)	Race (%)		Weighted p-value
Characteristics	Overall (n = 5907)	Asian (n = 1443)	White (n = 4464)	Weighted p-value
Age Group (years)				< 0.001
18–64	79	86	79
65–74	12	10	12
75 and older	9	4	9
Education Group				< 0.001
≤ High School/GED	30.8	26.6	31.1
Some College	33.7	23.4	34.5
College Graduate	35.5	49.9	34.4
Sex				0.13
Male	49	47	49
Female	51	53	51
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)				< 0.001
Normal	34	60	31
Overweight	33	28	34
Obese	33	12	35
Have Hypertension				< 0.001
Yes	34	22	34
No	66	78	66
Have Diabetes				0.92
Yes	11	11	11
No	89	89	89

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