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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of ESRD cases and subcohort members according to race, SCCS 2002–2009

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

 

Black

White

Subcohort

ESRD

Subcohort

ESRD

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

107.7 (88.8121.3)

63.3 (35.9, 95.9)

96.9 (82.5, 107.0)

59.1 (39.4, 99.2)

eGFR, ml/min/1.73m2, %

 ≤ 30

1.1

20.0

0.7

19.0

 31–60

4.2

25.3

6.2

31.1

 61–90

21.7

25.5

31.5

10.2

  > 90

73.0

29.2

61.6

39.6

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

50 (45, 56)

52 (47, 58)

53 (46, 61)

59 (54, 62)

Age categories, %

 40–49

51.7

39.6

42.6

17.9

 50–59

33.7

44.1

32.3

49.1

 60–69

11.6

12.5

19.0

31.7

 70–79

3.0

3.8

6.2

1.3

Female, %

56.5

50.2

64.4

69

Marital Status, %

 Married

26.0

33.6

43.4

27.3

 Separated

35.6

30.0

34.1

42.4

 Widowed

28.0

25.6

11.4

9.1

 Single

10.5

10.8

11.2

21.1

Education <12th grade, %

33.6

40.7

30.8

40.6

Income < $15,000, %

63.6

65.3

60.0

75.3

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

29.4 (25.1, 34.3)

31.3 (26.6, 38.4)

28.7 (24.5, 33.9)

29.1 (23.3, 34.6)

BMI categories, %

 Underweight (< 18.5)

0.8

0.5

3.5

0.6

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

23.3

15.8

26.2

31.1

 Overweight (25–29.9)

29.2

28.9

27.3

19.8

 Obese (30+)

46.7

54.9

43.1

48.4

Smoking status, %

 Current

47.1

32.4

47.1

48.2

 Former

19.3

24.6

22.9

20.4

 Never

33.6

43.0

30.0

31.4

Hypertension, %

56.3

86.4

51.4

82.6

Diabetes, %

22.4

67.8

22.2

74.5

MI/Bypass, %

5.4

12.8

10.8

26.2

Stroke/TIA, %

6.7

11.3

7.4

21.3

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