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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants, by age, gender and kidney disease status

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

 

< 30 years; n (%)

30–50 years; n (%)

> 50 years; n (%)

Total cohort

p value

Gender

    

0.04*

 Male

71 (42.30)

59 (35.10)

38 (22.60)

168 (36)

 

 Female

133 (45.40)

120 (41.00)

40 (13.70)

293 (64)

 
 

No kidney disease

Mild kidney disease

Moderate kidney disease

Total cohort

p value

Gender

 Male

100 (79.40)

14 (11.10)

12 (9.50)

126 (36)

0.3

 Female

192 (85.70)

16 (7.10)

16 (7.10)

224 (64)

Age

 < 30 years

137 (46.90)

15 (50.00)

1 (10.60)

153 (43.70)

0.000**

 30-50 years

124 (42.5)

6 (20.00)

12 (30.00)

142 (40.60)

 > 50 years

31 (10.60)

9 (30.00)

15 (53.60)

55 (15.70)

 
  1. *p value < 0.05, calculated by Chi-square test.
  2. **p value < 0.0001, calculated by Chi-square test.