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Table 2 Hazard Ratios for incident CKD in relation to anthropometric measures in men

From: The risk of chronic kidney disease in relation to anthropometric measures of obesity: A Swedish cohort study

Quartiles*

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q4 vs. Q1

p-value**

BMI (range, kg/m^2)

< 23.9

23.9 - 26.0

26.0

- 28.1

> 28.1

 

CKD1

2.2

3.0

3.5

4.7

 

HR-12

1

1.23 (0.95-1.60)

1.42 (1.10-1.83)

2.02 (1.58-2.57)

<0.001

HR-23

1

1.13 (0.87-1.47)

1.28 (0.99-1.65)

1.52 (1.18-1.95)

0.001

HR-34

1

1.13 (0.87 - 1.47)

1.28 (0.99-1.66)

1.51 (1.18 -1.94)

0.001

WC (range, cm)

< 87

87-93

93-99

>99

 

CKD1

2.4

2.7

3.6

4.7

 

HR-12

1

1.06 (0.82-1.38)

1.39 (1.09-1.78)

1.85 (1.46-2.35)

<0.001

HR-23

1

1.02 (0.79-1.33)

1.24 (0.97-1.59)

1.36 (1.06-1.74)

0.014

HR-34

1

1.02 (0.79 - 1.33)

1.24 (0.97 - 1.59)

1.36 (1.06 - 1.73)

0.016

WHR (range)

<0.90

0.90-0.94

0.94-0.98

> 0.98

 

CKD1

2.6

3.2

3.4

4.2

 

HR-12

1

1.26 (0.98 -1.60)

1.36 (1.07-1.73)

1.88 (1.49-2.37)

<0.001

HR-23

1

1.16 (0.91-1.48)

1.10 (0.86-1.40)

1.38 (1.09-1.76)

0.008

HR-34

1

1.15 (0.90-1.47)

1.09 (0.86- 1.39)

1.36 (1.07- 1.74)

0.012

WHtR (range)

< 0.49

0.49-0.53

0.53-0.56

> 0.56

 

CKD1

2.3

2.6

3.6

5.0

 

HR-12

1

1.01 (0.78-1.32)

1.38 (1.080-1.77)

1.90 (1.51-2.41)

<0.001

HR-23

1

0.90 (0.69-1.18)

1.19 (0.93-1.53)

1.34(1.05-1.70)

0.020

HR-34

1

0.90 (0.69 -1.17)

1.18 (0.92 - 1.52)

1.32 (1.03 - 1.68)

0.027

BF% (range)

< 17.0

17.0-20.0

20.0-24.0

> 24.0

 

CKD1

3.2

2.7

3.2

4.3

 

HR-12

1

0.85 (0.67-1.08)

0.99 (0.78-1.25)

1.37 (1.10-1.70)

0.004

HR-23

1

0.77 (0.61-0.98)

0.85 (0.67-1.07)

1.08 (0.87-1.34)

0.504

HR-34

1

0.77 (0.61 - 0.98)

0.84 (0.67 - 1.07)

1.07 (0.86 - 1.34)

0.537

Weight (range, kg)

< 74.0

74.0-81.0

81.0-89.0

> 89.0

 

CKD1

2.5

3.2

3.5

4.2

 

HR-12

1

1.21 (0.94-1.55)

1.38(1.08-1.76)

1.84 (1.45-2.33)

<0.001

HR-23

1

1.17 (0.91-1.51)

1.27(0.99-1.63)

1.50 (1.18-1.91)

0.001

HR-34

1

1.18 (0.92- 1.52)

1.29 (1.00 - 1.65)

1.52 (1.19 - 1.94)

0.001

Height (range, cm)

< 172.0

172.0-176.0

176.0-181.0

> 181.0

 

CKD1

3.7

4.0

2.9

2.9

 

HR-12

1

1.15 (0.93-1.42)

0.86 (0.68-1.09)

0.98 (0.78-1.22)

0.851

HR-23

1

1.17 (0.94-1.45)

0.93 (0.73-1.18)

1.06 (0.85-1.33)

0.608

HR-34

1

1.17 (0.94 - 1.46)

0.95 (0.75 -1.20)

1.09 (0.87 - 1.38)

0.450

  1. *Each quartile includes approximately 2560 individuals. ** p-value < 0.05 is considered significant
  2. 1CKD per 1000-person years; 2Cox-regression Hazard Ratio (HR) adjusted for age (95 % CI); 3HR-2 adjusted for age, use of antihypertensive medication, lipid-lowering medication, systolic blood pressure, smoking, alcohol consumption, low physical activity and diabetes (95 % CI); 4HR-3 adjusted for HR-2 plus low education, marital status and immigrant status (95 % CI)
  3. CKD Chronic kidney disease, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist-hip ratio, WHtR waist-height ratio, BF % body-fat percentage, CI confidence interval
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