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Table 4 Baseline characteristics of study population by eGFR results (n = 1272)

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

 

eGFR categories

p-value

<  60

60–90

≥90

 

(n = 11)

(n = 165)

(n = 1096)

 

Age, mean (SD)

66.5 (13.8)

62.4 (14.4)

39.3 (12.9)

<  0.001

Age categorized

 <  50 years

1 (9.1)

34 (20.6)

861 (78.6)

< 0.001

 50+ years

10 (90.9)

129 (79.4)

235 (21.4)

 

Sex

 Male

8 (72.7)

107 (64.9)

444 (40.5)

< 0.001

 Female

3 (27.3)

58 (35.1)

652 (59.5)

 

Site

 Urban

7 (63.6)

95 (57.6)

523 (47.7)

0.04

 Rural

4 (36.7)

70 (42.4)

573 (52.3)

 

Education (in years)

 0–7 years

8 (72.7)

110 (66.7)

291 (26.6)

<  0.001

 7–11 years

3 (27.3)

38 (23.0)

509 (46.4)

 

 > 12 years

0 (0.0)

17 (10.3)

296 (27.0)

 

Pesticide exposure (ever)

 Yes

2 (18.1)

35 (21.2)

227 (20.7)

0.97

 Sugarcane work

 Yes

1 (9.1)

3 (1.8)

24 (2.2)

0.28

Agriculture work

 Yes

4 (36.4)

69 (41.8)

355 (32.4)

0.06

Heat exposure at work

 Yes

3 (27.3)

52 (31.5)

316 (28.8)

0.77

Monthly household income

 < 850 PEN (≈258 USD)

3 (50.0)

97 (69.3)

594 (63.7)

0.34

Water source

 Piped water

6 (60.0)

90 (58.4)

465 (46.2)

0.007

 Well

2 (20.0)

39 (25.3)

383 (38.1)

 

 River

0 (0.0)

19 (12.4)

97 (9.6)

 

 Trunk

2 (20.0)

6 (3.9)

61 (6.1)

 

Health insurance

 Yes

11 (100.0)

150 (90.9)

947 (86.4)

0.12

Current smoking

 Yes

1 (9.1)

20 (12.1)

134 (12.2)

0.95

Heavy drinking

 Yes

0 (0.0)

12 (7.3)

118 (10.8)

0.21

Physical activity

 Low

8 (72.7)

137 (83.0)

830 (75.7)

0.11

Medicine intake risk

 Yes

4 (36.4)

82 (49.7)

559 (51.0)

0.60

Herbal medicine use

 Yes

7 (63.6)

98 (59.4)

496 (45.3)

0.002

 SBP, mean (SD)

130.8 (26.1)

125.4 (19.7)

110.4 (14.0)

< 0.001

 DBP, mean (SD)

83.5 (14.8)

81.1 (11.5)

75.8 (9.8)

< 0.001

Hypertension

 Yes

4 (36.4)

44 (26.7)

95 (8.7)

< 0.001

High cholesterol

 Yes

2 (18.2)

36 (22.0)

170 (15.8)

0.14

Tuberculosis

 Yes

0 (0.0)

3 (1.8)

18 (1.7)

0.90

Hepatitis B

 Yes

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

7 (0.6)

0.97

Leptospirosis

 Yes

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (0.5)

0.67

Urolithiasis

 Yes

2 (18.2)

33 (20.0)

157 (14.3)

0.16

 Glucose, mean (SD)

104.4 (54.6)

91.7 (19.1)

88.7 (18.4)

0.005

Type 2 diabetes

 Yes

1 (9.1)

4 (2.4)

22 (2.0)

0.26

 Body fat %, mean (SD)

32.8 (10.2)

33.6 (9.5)

31.7 (9.5)

0.05

 Body mass index, mean (SD)

25.9 (4.5)

27.2 (4.3)

27.4 (4.5)

0.54

BMI categorized

 Normal

5 (45.5)

52 (31.5)

334 (30.5)

0.64

 Overweight

5 (45.5)

74 (44.9)

474 (43.3)

 

 Obese

1 (9.0)

39 (23.6)

288 (26.2)

 

Urine density

 ≥1020

4 (36.4)

78 (47.3)

733 (66.9)

< 0.001

Urine protein

 Negative

10 (90.9)

165 (100.0)

1093 (99.7)

< 0.001

 Trace

1 (9.1)

0

1 (0.1)

 

 Positive

0 (0.0)

0

2 (0.2)

 

Urine glucose

 ≥ 250 mg/dl

1 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

18 (1.6)

0.03