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Table 1 Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of study participants without diabetes, hypertension, and heavy proteinuria) n = 821

From: Prevalence and risk factors for chronic kidney disease of unknown cause in Malawi: a cross-sectional analysis in a rural and urban population

Variable

eGFR

eGFR categories, n(%)b

n = 821

n = 2

n = 36

n = 783

n(%)a

Mean (SD)

< 60

> = 60, < 90

> = 90

Age (years)

 < 20

60 (7)

132.6 (13.2)

0

1 (2)

59 (98)

 20–29

312 (38)

125.1 (12.6)

0

2 (1)

310 (99)

 30–39

232 (28)

115.7 (12.5)

1 (0.4)

4 (2)

227 (98)

 40–49

130 (16)

107.8 (11.1)

1 (1)

2 (2)

127 (98)

 50–59

46 (6)

100.9 (8.6)

0

6 (12)

40 (87)

 60+

41 (5)

88.9 (9.9)

0

21 (51)

20 (49)

Sex

 Female

504 (61)

117.3 (15.6)

2 (0.4)

20 (4)

482 (96)

 Male

317 (39)

116.81 (16.7)

0

16 (5)

301 (95)

Area

 Urban (Area 25)

243 (29)

117.6 (14.9)

1 (0.4)

6 (3)

236 (97)

 Rural (Bonje)

578 (71)

116.9 (16.5)

1 (0.2)

30 (5)

547 (95)

Education (years)

 ≤ 5

59 (7)

109.1 (17.9)

0

9 (15)

50 (85)

 > 5 ≤ 10

301 (36)

116.6 (16.4)

1 (0.2)

15 (3)

285 (62)

 > 10

461 (56)

118.5 (15.2)

1 (0.3)

12 (4)

448 (14)

Occupation

 Agricultural worker

383 (47)

113.9 (15.2)

1 (0.3)

20 (5)

362 (95)

 Non-agricultural worker

438 (53)

119.90 (16.2)

1 (0.2)

16 (4)

421 (96)

Household monthly income (MK)c

 Unknown

17 (1)

118.6 (21.1)

1 (6)

0

16 (94)

 MK 0 ≤ 20,000

406 (50)

117.8 (16.6)

0

20 (5)

386 (95)

 MK > 20,000

398 (49)

116.3 (15.1)

1 (0.3)

16 (4)

381 (96)

Healthy lifestyle choices

 Non-smoker/ never drink alcohol

630 (77)

117.0 (15.8)

2 (0.3)

28 (4)

600 (95)

 Smoker/ alcohol drinker

191 (23)

117.3 (16.4)

0

8 (4)

183 (96)

Regular meat-eater

 Yes

621 (76)

117.5 (15.6)

2 (0.3)

25 (4)

594 (96)

 No

200 (24)

115.6 (16.1)

0

11 (6)

189 (95)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

 Underweight (≤18.5)

45 (6)

121.6 (18.0)

0

3 (7)

42 (93)

 Normal (> 18.5 - ≤ 25)

545 (66)

118.4 (15.4)

0

17 (3)

528 (97)

 Overweight (> 25 - ≤30)

177 (22)

113.3 (15.1)

2 (1)

7 (4)

168 (95)

 Obese (> 30)

54 (7)

112.1 (17.8)

0

9 (17)

45 (83)

Fat-free mass (kg)

 1st tertile (≤37)

124 (15)

115.1 (16.3)

0

8 (7)

116 (94)

 2nd tertile (> 37 - < 45)

354 (43)

116.9 (16.9)

2 (1)

18 (5)

334 (94)

 3rd tertile (≥45)

343 (42)

117.9 (14.9)

0

10 (3)

333 (97)

HIV status

 Positive

3 (0.4)

114.3 (15.1)

0

0

3 (100)

 Negative

595 (73)

116.8 (15.1)

1 (0.2)

24 (4)

570 (96)

 Unknown

223 (27)

118.0 (18.1)

1 (0.4)

12 (5)

210 (94)

  1. apercentage in columns
  2. bpercentage in rows
  3. cExchange rate (MK to USD) 0.001 at time of questionnaire