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Table 1 Estimated weighted population characteristics of 5,583 NHANES III Genetic Study (1991-1994) participants by ethnicity*

From: Association of APOEpolymorphism with chronic kidney disease in a nationally representative sample: a Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) Genetic Study

 

Non-Hispanic white

Non-Hispanic black

Mexican American

 

Mean/%

SE

Mean/%

SE

Mean/%

SE

Number of subjects (n)

2,328

 

1,599

 

1,656

 

Age (y)

46.2

0.9

41.8

0.8

37.4

0.6

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.6

0.2

28.2

0.3

27.8

0.9

Male (%)

48.1

1.0

44.2

1.3

52.1

1.0

Diabetes (%)

6.8

0.6

9.4

0.8

8.4

0.9

Hypertension (%)

29.4

1.9

38.2

1.7

22.7

1.4

High blood cholesterol (%)

30.4

1.0

20.8

0.9

16.6

1.0

Cardiovascular disease (%)

8.9

0.9

10.8

0.8

7.5

0.7

Obesity (%)

23.1

1.2

32.8

1.2

29.0

0.8

High school degree (%)

82.9

1.2

68.3

2.4

55.5

2.7

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

0.86

0.01

0.93

0.01

0.78

0.00

Never smoked (%)

74.3

1.9

68.6

1.0

78.6

1.2

Cystatin C (mg/dL)

0.98

0.02

0.94

0.03

0.87

0.02

Albumin to creatinine ratio

18.88

1.74

37.06

4.90

53.15

14.61

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

148.98

2.94

117.71

1.74

161.63

4.03

High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

49.73

0.63

54.53

0.54

47.49

0.50

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

0.40

0.02

0.52

0.02

0.46

0.03

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

88.2

0.8

101.4

0.9

103.7

0.7

Low-glomerular filtration rate cases (GFR <75) (%)

22.8

1.5

11.2

1.2

6.4

0.8

  1. * All between ethnicity group comparisons are statistically significant, p < 0.05.