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Table 1 Demographic and clinical features

From: Diagnostic accuracy of semiquantitative point of care urine albumin to creatinine ratio and urine dipstick analysis in a primary care resource limited setting in South Africa

 

Laboratory ACR (mg/g)

pc

 

< 30

≥30

> 300

 

Number of patients

619

81

9

 

Age (years)

45 (25)a

43 (23)a

55 (25)a

0.680d

BMI (kg/m2)

28.1 (6.2)

27.3 (6.5)

27.0 (7.0)a

0.239e

Systolic BP (mmHg)

128 (14.9)

133 (18.1)

144 (24.0)a

0.002e

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

79 (8.6)

82 (9.9)

83 (7.0)a

0.019e

Male (%)b

211 (34.1)

31 (38.3)

4 (44.4)

0.457f

Hypertension (%)b

154 (26.0)

25 (33.8)

3 (37.5)

0.153f

Diabetes Mellitus (%)b

29 (4.9)

13 (17.6)

2 (25.0)

< 0.001f

Smoker (%)b

85 (14.3)

11 (14.9)

0 (0)

0.902f

HIV reactive (%)b

119 (20.1)

20 (27.0)

1 (12.5)

0.246f

  1. Data presented as mean (SD) or n (%) unless otherwise indicated
  2. aData presented as median (IQR)
  3. bMissing values for all patients = 33
  4. cComparison between laboratory negative (< 30 mg/g) and laboratory positive (≥30 mg/g) groups
  5. dMann-Whitney test
  6. eStudents T-test
  7. f χ 2 test
  8. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoker status obtained from medical questionnaire
  9. HIV status obtained from medical questionnaire. If previously tested, participants were asked their status; those who did not know their status, or previously tested negative, were offered voluntary counselling and testing during the home screening (see methods)
  10. Measured blood pressure (BP): see methods