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Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participants from NHANES, 2013 to 2014

From: The association between olfactory and gustatory dysfunction and chronic kidney disease

Characteristics

CKD

Controls (without CKD)

Normal olfactory function (n = 292)

With olfactory dysfunction (n = 181)

P-value

Normal olfactory function (n = 2471)

With olfactory dysfunction (n = 583)

P-value

Gustatory dysfunction, %

8.4

16.0

0.07

17.9

20.0

0.37

Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), ml/min/1.73 m2

48.1 (0.9)

43.9 (1.4)

0.03

88.8 (0.4)

87.0 (1.0)

0.09

Age, y

67.6 (0.9)

73.7 (1.0)

0.002

55.5 (0.2)

60.9 (0.9)

< 0.001

Male, %

43.0

45.2

0.60

47.0

54.2

0.07

Race, %

  

0.01

  

0.003

 - Non-Hispanic white

83.7

75.7

 

72.5

62.2

 

 - Non-Hispanic black

7.5

12.3

 

9.4

11.9

 

 - Hispanic

4.7

8.5

 

11.3

15.1

 

 - Other

4.2

3.5

 

6.8

10.9

 

Education attainment, %

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 - Less than high school

12.3

31.5

 

13.1

25.3

 

 - High school

22.2

21.8

 

21.8

20.4

 

 - Above high school

65.5

45.7

 

65.2

54.2

 

Marital status, %

  

0.006

  

0.67

 - Married or cohabiting

39.9

54.9

 

68.9

67.1

 

 - Not married or cohabiting

60.1

45.1

 

31.1

32.9

 

Family income to poverty ratio, %

  

0.002

  

0.001

 - < 1.3

21.8

28.3

 

19.1

28.1

 

 - 1.3–3.5

35.0

53.4

 

32.7

42.0

 

 - > 3.5

43.3

18.4

 

48.2

29.9

 

Tobacco use, %

  

0.30

  

0.07

 - Never

50.5

51.1

 

55.3

52.3

 

 - Past

40.0

34.2

 

26.1

32.6

 

 - Current

9.5

14.0

 

18.6

15.0

 

Alcohol drinking

  

0.05

  

0.002

 - Non-drinker

36.0

52.5

 

22.7

37.9

 

 - 1–3 drinks

45.6

35.7

 

47.3

36.7

 

 - > 4 drinks

18.4

11.8

 

29.9

25.5

 

Obesity, %

43.1

35.9

0.28

39.4

34.0

0.06

Underlying disease

      

Chronic hypertension, %

82.1

84.0

0.73

53.2

60.9

0.007

Cardiovascular disease, %

25.5

38.2

0.009

7.1

10.1

0.04

Diabetes, %

32.3

32.8

0.93

12.4

15.4

0.09

Depression, %

30.4

32.7

0.76

23.3

20.7

0.30

Cancer, %

26.1

27.0

0.86

13.2

18.9

0.02