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Table 3 Characteristics of the moderately increased albuminuria sub study sample, examining albumin creatinine ratio (ACR)

From: Moderately increased albuminuria, chronic kidney disease and incident dementia: the HUNT study

HUNT 2 (1995–1997)

No dementia

Total Dementia

Combined AD/VaD/Mixed AD/VaD

AD

VaD

Mixed AD/VaD

Other Dementia

P value A

Total Sample

6810

214

176

109

44

23

38

 

ACR, mg/mmol mean (SD)

1.70 (3.06)

1.94 (3.37)

1.95 (3.47)

2.27 (4.31)

1.68 (1.20)

.97 (.50)

1.87 (2.89)

.26

ACR, quartiles, n (%)

       

.01

0–.53

1561 (22.9)

32 (15.0)

25 (14.2)

18 (16.5)

4 (9.1)

3 (13.0)

7(18.4)

 

.54–.87

2232 (32.8)

70 (32.7)

58 (33.0)

36 (33.0)

10 (22.7)

12 (52.2)

12 (31.6)

 

.88–1.77

1695 (24.9)

55 (25.7)

47 (26.7)

26 (23.9)

14 (31.8)

7 (30.4)

8 (21.1)

 

1.78+

1322 (19.4)

57 (26.6)

46 (26.1)

29 (26.6)

16 (36.4)

1 (4.3)

11 (28.9)

 

Diabetes Mellitus, n (%)

1075 (15.8)

31 (14.5)

28 (15.9)

16 (14.7)

7 (15.9)

5 (21.7)

3 (7.9)

.61

Antihypertensive tablets, n (%)

4569 (67.1)

168 (78.5)

136 (77.3)

80 (73.4)

40 (90.9)

16 (69.6)

32 (84.2)

.00

Sex, Female, n (%)

3665 (53.8)

133 (62.1)

114 (64.8)

77 (70.6)

22 (50.0)

15 (65.2)

19 (50.0)

.02

Age at HUNT 2 (1995–1997), mean (SD)

60.44 (14.74)

71.16 (6.49)

71.67 (6.43)

72.06 (6.16)

70.40 (7.25)

72.27 (5.91)

68.80 (6.37)

.00

Time to debut, years, mean (SD)

 

7.16 (3.74)

7.19 (3.85)

7.25 (4.03)

7.30 (3.82)

6.69 (3.06)

7.00 (3.22)

 

Education, n (%)

       

.01

Primary

3766 (55.3)

141 (65.9)

120 (68.2)

76 (69.7)

28 (63.6)

16 (69.6)

21 (55.3)

 

Completed secondary

2726 (40.0)

68 (31.8)

51 (29.0)

32 (29.4)

12 (27.3)

7 (30.4)

17 (44.7)

 

Completed upper secondary

318 (4.7)

5 (2.3)

5 (2.8)

1 (.9)

4 (9.1)

0

0

 

eGFR, mean (SD)

69.89 (15.63)

61.31 (12.76)

60.52 (12.53)

59.92 (11.76)

62.53 (15.31)

59.55 (10.05)

64.96 (13.34)

.00

Cholesterol (mmol/L), mean (SD)

6.24 (1.25)

6.69 (1.28)

6.78 (1.24)

6.87 (1.25)

6.70 (1.19)

6.48 (1.25)

6.27 (1.42)

.00

Non-fasting blood glucose (mmol/L), mean (SD)

6.19 (2.44)

6.30 (2.34)

6.28 (2.26)

6.36 (2.45)

6.19 (2.00)

6.05 (1.79)

6.42 (2.73)

.51

Serum iron (), mean (SD)

16.36 (5.98)

15.62 (5.50)

15.32 (5.26)

15.47 (5.19)

15.34 (5.57)

14.57 (5.17)

17.00 (6.38)

.07

BMI (kg/m2) mean (SD)

28.03 (4.54)

28.29 (4.31)

28.43 (4.20)

28.31 (4.04)

29.11 (4.92)

27.74 (3.44)

27.61 (4.78)

.41

Pulse (beats/min), mean (SD)

72.40 (13.64)

72.38 (13.64)

72.23 (12.77)

72.06 (12.88)

71.99 (1.78)

73.52 (14.47)

73.05 (17.31)

.98

Systolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD)

149.65 (23.29)

159.80 (24.26)

160.01 (21.19)

159.48 (23.49)

160.09 (24.45)

162.35 (27.74)

158.84 (24.90)

.00

Diastolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD)

85.27 (12.58)

88.34 (13.13)

88.22 (12.53)

87.24 (12.59)

90.36 (12.23)

88.74 (12.76)

88.89 (15.81)

.00

Myocardial Infarction, n (%)

581 (8.5)

19 (8.9)

13 (7.4)

10 (9.2)

3 (6.8)

0

6 (15.8)

.86

Angina Pectoris, n (%)

918 (13.5)

35 (16.4)

27 (15.3)

20 (18.3)

4 (9.1)

3 (13.0)

8 (21.1)

.23

Stroke, n (%)

332 (4.9)

16 (7.5)

14 (8.0)

5 (4.6)

8 (18.2)

1 (4.3)

2 (5.3)

.08

Daily Smoker, n (%)

1347 (19.8)

30 (14.0)

24 (13.6)

13 (11.9)

8 (18.2)

3 (13.0)

6 (15.8)

.04

Subjective health status

       

.01

Poor, n (%)

190 (2.8)

5 (2.3)

5 (2.8)

3 (2.8)

2 (4.5)

0

0

 

Not so good, n (%)

2739 (40.2)

106 (49.5)

84 (47.7)

49 (45.0)

22 (50.0)

13 (56.5)

22 (57.9)

 

Good, n (%)

3458 (50.8)

98 (45.8)

84 (47.7)

55 (50.5)

19 (43.2)

10 (43.5)

14 (36.8)

 

Very good, n (%)

423 (6.2)

5 (2.3)

3 (1.7)

2 (1.8)

1 (2.3)

0

2 (5.3)

 
  1. AP-values are derived from t tests for continuous variables and x2 tests for the binary variables that compare means between total dementia and no dementia