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Table 3 Frequency of abnormal variables on basis of kidney disease severity, n (%)

From: Prevalence and risk factors of kidney disease in urban Karachi: baseline findings from a community cohort study

 

No kidney disease

Mild kidney disease

Moderate kidney disease

Total cohort

p value

Diabetes status

     

 Diabetic

20 (6.80)

5 (16.70)

5 (17.90)

30 (8.60)

0.035*

 Non-diabetic

272 (93.20)

25 (83.30)

23 (82.10)

320 (91.40)

Hypertension status

     

 Hypertensive

53 (18.20)

7 (23.30)

13 (46.40)

73 (20.90)

0.002*

 Normotensive

239 (81.80)

23 (76.70)

15 (53.60)

277 (79.10)

Dyslipidemia status

     

 Dyslipidemic

157 (53.80)

18 (60.00)

15 (53.60)

190 (54.30)

0.8

 Non-dyslipidemic

135 (46.20)

12 (40.00)

13 (46.40)

160 (45.70)

Body mass index (BMI), kg/m 2

     

 Underweight BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

79 (24.1)

7 (23.3)

5 (17.9)

82 (23.6)

0.9

 Normal BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2

146 (50.3)

13 (43.3)

13 (46.4)

172 (49.4)

 Overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m2

54 (18.6)

7 (23.3)

7 (25.0)

68 (19.5)

 Obese BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

20 (6.9)

3 (10.0)

3 (10.7)

26 (7.5)

 
  1. *p value < 0.05; calculated by Chi-square test.