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Table 2 Sociodemographic, occupational and lifestyle characteristics by study group and sex (n = 1272)

From: CKD and CKDu in northern Peru: a cross-sectional analysis under the DEGREE protocol

 

Urban

Rural

Male

Female

Male

Female

 

(n = 261)

(n = 364)

(n = 298)

(n = 349)

Age, mean (SD)

45.2 (16.6)

41.9 (14.4)

45.0 (15.9)

39.3 (14.4)

Age (categorized)

 <  50 years

165 (63.2)

266 (73.1)

191 (64.1)

274 (78.5)

 50+ years

96 (36.8)

98 (26.9)

107 (35.9)

75 (21.5)

Education (in years)

 0–7 years

69 (26.4)

96 (26.4)

115 (38.6)

129 (36.9)

 7–11 years

128 (49.1)

161 (44.2)

125 (42.0)

136 (39.0)

 > 12 years

64 (24.5)

107 (29.4)

58 (19.5)

84 (24.1)

Work

 Employed

229 (87.8)

112 (30.7)

286 (96.0)

99 (28.4)

 Student

10 (3.8)

18 (5.0)

6 (2.0)

15 (4.3)

 Homemaker & unpaid

0 (0.0)

223 (61.3)

1 (0.3)

223 (63.8)

 retired

10 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

 Unemployed

11 (4.6)

11 (3.0)

5 (1.7)

10 (2.9)

Pesticide exposure (ever)

 Yes

28 (10.7)

5 (1.4)

199 (66.8)

32 (9.2)

Sugarcane work

 Yes

3 (1.2)

1 (0.3)

18 (6.0)

6 (1.7)

Agriculture work

 Yes

53 (20.3)

9 (2.5)

259 (86.9)

107 (30.7)

Heat exposure at work

 Yes

97 (37.2)

16 (4.4)

187 (62.8)

71 (20.3)

Monthly household income

 < 850 PEN (≈258 USD)

110 (48.9)

194 (64.9)

159 (61.2)

231 (78.6)

Water source

 Piped water

232 (99.1)

305 (100.0)

10 (3.4)

15 (4.4)

 Well

2 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

193 (66.4)

229 (67.2)

 River

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

62 (21.3)

54 (15.8)

 Trunk

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

26 (8.9)

43 (12.6)

Health insurance

 Yes

224 (85.8)

330 (90.7)

239 (80.6)

315 (90.3)

Current smoking

 Yes

63 (24.1)

5 (1.4)

81 (27.2)

6 (1.7)

Heavy drinking

 Yes

53 (20.3)

7 (1.9)

67 (22.5)

3 (0.9)

Physical activity

 Low

189 (72.4)

334 (91.8)

164 (55.0)

288 (82.5)

Medicine intake risk

 Yes

100 (38.3)

222 (61.0)

129 (43.3)

194 (55.6)

Herbal medicine use

 Yes

108 (41.4)

154 (42.3)

158 (53.0)

181 (51.9)