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Table 1 Characteristics of subjects according to presence of chronic kidney disease

From: Association between frequency of drinking alcohol and chronic kidney disease in men

 

All (n = 9196)

CKD (–) (n = 8104)

CKD (+) (n = 1092)

p-Value

Age (years)a

57.9 ± 5.1

57.6 ± 5.1

59.9 ± 5.2

<0.001

Estimated GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)a

73.1 ± 12.7

75.8 ± 10.9

53.7 ± 6.3

<0.001

Creatinine (mg/dL)a

0.87 ± 1.89

0.83 ± 0.10

1.14 ± 0.37

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)a

23.7 ± 2.8

23.7 ± 2.8

24.2 ± 2.6

<0.001

CRP (mg/L)a

0.12 ± 0.39

0.12 ± 0.35

0.17 ± 0.66

<0.001

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

61.5 ± 16.1

61.9 ± 16.1

59.1 ± 16.0

<0.001

Hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia (%)b

32.9

32.2

38.5

<0.001

Hypertension (%)b

36.0

34.4

47.8

<0.001

Diabetes (%)b

12.6

12.6

12.7

0.88

Medication (%)b

 Treatment for cholesterolemia

9.4

8.9

13.2

<0.001

 Treatment for hypertension

23.4

21.6

36.9

<0.001

 Treatment for diabetes

6.5

6.4

7.6

0.12

Smoking history (%)b

  

<0.001

 Never smokers

29.7

28.6

37.5

 

 Former smokers

42.2

41.7

46.1

 

 Current smokers

28.1

29.7

16.4

 

Frequency of drinking alcohol (%)b

   

<0.001

 Nondrinkers

23.5

22.6

30.4

 

 1–2 days/week

11.2

11.2

11.5

 

 3–4 days/week

10.8

10.8

10.9

 

 5–6 days/week

12.9

12.7

14.1

 

 Everyday drinkers

41.6

42.7

33.1

 

Regular physical activity (%)b

38.6

37.4

47.4

<0.001

  1. Values are mean ± SD or participants in that category
  2. CKD chronic kidney disease, GFR glomerular filtration rate, BMI body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein
  3. aStudent’s t test
  4. bMann–Whitney U test