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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of ESRD cases, weighted subcohort, and overall SCCS population who donated blood at enrollment, 2002–2009

From: Racial disparities in end-stage renal disease in a high-risk population: the Southern Community Cohort Study

Characteristic

ESRD Cases

N = 737

Subcohort

N = 4238

SCCS (with stored blood)

N = 37,277

Age at enrollment, median (25th, 75th percentile), years

53 (47, 59)

50 (45, 58)

50 (45, 57)

eGFR, median (25th, 75th percentile), ml/min/1.73m2

63.3 (36.0, 98.2)

103.2 (86.0, 117.9)

 

eGFR, %, ml/min/1.73m2

 ≤ 30

19.9

1.0

 

 31–60

26.0

4.8

 

 61–90

23.5

24.6

 

 > 90

30.6

69.6

 

Female, %

52.6

58.8

59.5

Race-Sex categories, %

 Black women

43.6

40.0

40.0

 Black men

43.4

30.8

30.1

 White women

9.0

18.8

19.5

 White men

4.0

10.4

10.3

Marital status, %

 Married

32.8

31.1

32.4

 Separated

31.6

35.1

35.4

 Widowed

12.2

10.7

9.6

 Single

23.4

23.1

22.6

Education <12th grade, %

40.7

32.8

32.4

Income < $15,000, %

66.6

62.5

60.7

BMI, median (25th, 75th percentile), kg/m2

31.2 (26.3, 37.8)

29.2 (24.8, 34.3)

29.3 (25.1, 34.9)

BMI categories, %

 Underweight (< 18.5)

0.5

1.6

1.1

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

17.8

24.2

23.4

 Overweight (25–29.9)

27.7

28.7

29.1

 Obese (30+)

54.0

45.6

46.5

Smoking status, %

 Current

34.5

47.1

44.6

 Former

24.0

20.3

21.3

 Never

41.5

32.5

34.1

Hypertension, %

85.9

54.9

56.2

Diabetes, %

68.7

22.4

22.2

Stroke/TIA, %

12.6

6.9

6.6

MI/Bypass, %

14.5

7.0

7.1

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, MI myocardial infarction, SCCS Southern Community Cohort Study, TIA transient ischemic attack