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Table 2 Characteristics of the study participants grouped by with and without hyperhomocysteinemia

From: Relationship between plasma homocysteine and chronic kidney disease in US patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Total (n = 1018)

Normal Hcy (n = 601)

HHcy (n = 417)

p

Male, n (%)

521 (51.2)

271 (45.1)

250 (60)

<  0.001

Age,

59.9 ± 13.1

56.0 ± 13.5

65.5 ± 10.0

<  0.001

Race, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Mexican American

290 (28.5)

194 (32.3)

96 (23)

 

 Other Hispanic

30 (2.9)

27 (4.5)

3 (0.7)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

378 (37.1)

202 (33.6)

176 (42.2)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

278 (27.3)

148 (24.6)

130 (31.2)

 

 Other Race

42 (4.1)

30 (5)

12 (2.9)

 

HbA1c, %

7.5 ± 1.8

7.6 ± 1.9

7.2 ± 1.6

< 0.001

ALB, g/L

40.7 ± 3.7

41.0 ± 3.3

40.4 ± 4.1

0.023

BUN, mmol/L

5.6 ± 3.2

4.6 ± 1.5

7.2 ± 4.1

< 0.001

Scr, μmol/L

91.3 ± 55.1

74.3 ± 18.6

116.0 ± 76.9

<  0.001

eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m2

82.4 ± 39.6

94.3 ± 35.1

69.0 ± 40.1

< 0.001

ACR, g/mmol

1.6 (0.8, 5.1)

1.3 (0.7, 3.6)

2.5 (1.0, 10.1)

< 0.001

CHO, mmol/L

5.2 ± 1.3

5.3 ± 1.3

5.0 ± 1.3

0.002

TG, mmol/L

2.2 ± 2.1

2.2 ± 2.2

2.2 ± 1.9

0.671

UA, μmol/L

334.2 ± 94.3

306.9 ± 79.1

373.5 ± 100.4

<  0.001

  1. Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation, number (percentage) or median (interquartile range)