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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with chronic kidney disease, stratified according to BMI group

From: Impact of lower body mass index on risk of all-cause mortality and infection-related death in Japanese chronic kidney disease patients

BMI group

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

P

N

661

662

663

662

 

BMI (kg/m2)

19.5, 18.4–20.3

22.0, 21.5–22.6

24.3, 23.7–24.8

27.6, 26.5–29.6

 

Age (y)

59, 42–73

65, 54–74

63, 55–72

61, 51–71

<.0001

Gender (male, %)

40.8

55.0

61.2

56.9

<.0001

Body high (cm)

159, 153–165

161, 154–167

162, 154–168

161, 153–168

0.0012

Body weight (kg)

48.5, 44–53.5

57, 52–62

63, 57.5–69

73, 65–80

<.0001

Smoking (%)

16.4

15.6

16.6

16.5

0.961

Albumin (g/dL)

4.0, 3.7–4.3

4.0, 3.7–4.3

4.1, 3.8–4.3

4.1, 3.9–4.4

<.0001

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

12.3, 10.8–13.4

12.7, 11.2–13.9

13.3, 11.6–14.6

13.6, 12.1–14.9

<.0001

Diabetes (%)

18.8

27.6

32.9

33.8

<.0001

History of CVD (%)a

16.3

17.1

20.2

15.3

0.097

Stroke (%)

6.5

6.7

8.1

4.7

0.087

Cardiac disease (%)

11.8

12.1

14.3

11.5

0.383

SBP (mmHg)

125, 116–137

130, 121–140

132, 122–141

132, 124–142

<.0001

DBP (mmHg)

74, 66–81

77, 70–82

77, 70–84

80, 70–86

<.0001

MBP (mmHg)

92, 84–99

94, 88–101

96, 88–102

97, 90–104

<.0001

CKD stage

    

0.276

 G1–2

43.4

37.6

38.3

40.0

 

 G3a

18.5

22.7

22.9

24.2

 

 G3b

14.4

16.5

16.9

15.1

 

 G4

14.7

14.5

12.2

13.1

 

 G5

9.1

8.8

9.7

7.6

 

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

54.7, 31.6–77.1

52.0, 31.7–71.6

52.8, 33.6–69.8

55.1, 35.8–72.6

0.149

Proteinuria (%)

44.9

49.0

50.2

55.2

0.003

  1. Data were described in terms of absolute range, percentage, or median with interquartile range. A P-value < 0.05 indicated statistical significance. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, N number of patients, CVD cardiovascular disease, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MBP mean blood pressure, CKD chronic kidney disease, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate