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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants in the CPH CKD Cohort undergoing MDCT

From: Regional distribution and severity of arterial calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease stages 1–5: a cross-sectional study of the Copenhagen chronic kidney disease cohort

Variable

All participants

CKD stage 1

CKD stage 2

CKD stage 3

CKD stage 4

CKD stage 5 ND

p-values

No. of participants (n, %)

580

47 (8.1)

91 (15.7)

298 (51.4)

114 (19.6)

30 (5.2)

Age (y)

61 (48–70)

42 (35–51)

51 (41–63)

63 (53–70)

65 (55–71)

65 (50–70)

< 0.001

Female sex (n, %)

231 (39.8)

22 (46.8)

40 (44)

113 (37.9)

44 (38.6)

12 (40)

0.71

BMI (kg/m2)

28.4 (0.2)

26.5 (0.8)

27.4 (0.5)

28.6 (0.3)

28.7 (0.6)

30.6 (1.3)

0.007

Abdominal circumference (cm)

101.2 (0.6)

92.8 (2.3)

99.1 (1.5)

102.2 (0.9)

102.3 (1.5)

106.6 (2.7)

< 0.001

Systolic BP (mmHg)

133 (1)

130 (3)

127 (1)

134 (1)

131 (2)

146 (3)

< 0.001

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

81 (1)

84 (2)

82 (1)

81 (1)

78 (1)

82 (2)

0.026

Type 1 diabetes (n, %)

11 (1.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

8 (2.7)

2 (1.8)

1 (3.3)

< 0.001

Type 2 diabetes (n, %)

103 (17.8)

1 (2)

3 (3)

60 (20)

30 (26)

9 (30)

Hypertension (n, %)

508 (87.6)

35 (74.5)

73 (80.2)

269 (90.3)

103 (90.4)

28 (93.3)

0.004

Hypercholesterolemia (n, %)

483 (83.3)

29 (61.7)

78 (85.7)

259 (86.9)

90 (78.9)

27 (90)

< 0.001

Cardiovascular disease (n, %)

99 (17.1)

4 (8.5)

6 (6.6)

58 (19.5)

22 (19.3)

9 (30)

0.006

Alcohol intake (units/week)

2 (0–8)

2 (0–7)

2 (0–10)

2 (0–9)

1 (0–7)

0 (0–3)

0.035

Never smoker (n, %)

239 (41.2)

23 (48.9)

39 (42.9)

121 (40.6)

46 (40.4)

10 (33.3)

0.81

Former smoker (n, %)

232 (40)

14 (29.8)

35 (38.5)

121 (40.6)

46 (40.4)

16 (53.3)

Current smoker (n, %)

109 (18.8)

10 (21.3)

17 (18.7)

56 (18.8)

22 (19.3)

4 (13.3)

Smoking (pack/year)

5 (0–25)

0 (0–15)

2 (0–14)

5 (0–30)

9 (0–31)

10 (0–30)

0.37

Physical activity (n, %)

1) Inactive

84 (14.5)

3 (6)

6 (6)

38 (13)

26 (23)

11 (37)

< 0.001

2) Low

137 (23.6)

5 (11)

20 (22)

70 (24)

35 (31)

7 (23)

3) Moderate

292 (50.3)

30 (64)

46 (51)

156 (52)

49 (43)

11 (37)

4) Vigorous

67 (11.6)

9 (19)

19 (21)

34 (11)

4 (3)

1 (3)

Medicine (n, %)

 Lipid lowering

251 (43)

8 (17)

28 (31)

147 (49)

50 (44)

18 (60)

< 0.001

 Insulin

55 (9.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

33 (11)

17 (15)

5 (17)

< 0.001

 Oral antidiabetic

56 (9.7)

1 (2)

3 (3)

32 (11)

16 (14)

4 (13)

0.03

 Antihypertensive

468 (80.7)

29 (62)

68 (75)

249 (84)

96 (84)

26 (87)

0.008

 Warfarin

38 (6.6)

2 (4.3)

5 (5.5)

16 (5.4)

14 (12.3)

1 (3.3)

0.10

  1. Values for categorical variables are presented as number (percentages); values for continuous variables are given as mean (SEM) or median (IQR). P-values are given by the χ2-test, one-way ANOVA or the Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison of CKD stages 1–5. MDCT multidetector computed tomography, BMI Body Mass index