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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and biochemical characteristics of study participants stratified by clinical conditions

From: Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among the high risk population in South-Western Ghana; a cross sectional study

Variable

Diabetes (n = 120)

Hypertension (n = 65)

Hypertension and diabetes (n = 23)

P-value

Age (years)

60.2 ± 10.1

60.8 ± 9.5

60.7 ± 8.6

0.913

Age group (years)

  < 40

5 (4.2)

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

 

 40–49

11 (9.2)

8 (12.3)

1 (4.3)

 

 50–59

38 (31.7)

16 (24.6)

9 (39.1)

 

 60–69

44 (36.7)

27 (41.5)

9 (39.1)

 

  ≥ 70

22 (18.3)

13 (20.0)

4 (17.4)

 

Sex

 Male

32 (26.7)

21 (32.3)

7 (30.4)

 

 Female

88 (73.3)

44 (67.7)

16 (69.6)

0.795

Disease Duration (years)

5.4 ± 2.4

5.2 ± 2.3

6.3 ± 3.4

0.192

Disease Duration Category

  < 5

51 (42.5)

30 (46.2)

8 (34.8)

 

 5–10

65 (54.2)

32 (49.2)

13 (56.5)

 

  > 10

4 (3.3)

3 (4.6)

2 (8.7)

0.721

FBG (mmol/l)

9.7 ± 3.7

5.8 ± 1.4

13.4 ± 4.7

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

130.3 ± 15.1

145.7 ± 22.8

160.0 ± 17.8

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

75.1 ± 8.7

85.2 ± 10.2

94.8 ± 12.0

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

27.5 ± 5.2

27.4 ± 5.0

27.7 ± 5.6

0.966

BMI Category n(%)

 Underweight

3 (2.5)

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

 

 Normal

34 (28.3)

19 (29.2)

10 (43.5)

 

 Overweight

48 (40.0)

29 (44.6)

6 (26.1)

 

 Obese

35 (29.2)

16 (24.6)

7 (30.4)

0.672

eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2

82 ± 32

76 ± 26

61 ± 39

0.012

  1. FBG fasting blood glucose, BMI body mass index, ACE angiotensin converting enzyme, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate