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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with diabetes

From: Screening for chronic kidney disease in rural Malawi: results from a diabetic clinic

 

All diabetic patients

(N, %)

CKD

(N/%)

No CKD

(N/%)

Total patients screened

148

13 (8.8)

135 (91.2)

Demographic characteristics

 Age (mean, sd)a-years

53.8 (13.7)

63.9 (9.7)

52.8 (13.6)

 Gender

   

  Female

98

8 (8.2)

90 (91.8)

Diabetes type

 Type 1 diabetes

25

2 (8.0)

23 (92.0)

 Type 2 diabetes

123

11 (8.9)

112 (91.1)

Years since diagnosis of diabetes

 Less than 1 year

29

1 (3.4)

28 (96.6)

 1–2 years

20

3 (15.0)

17 (85.0)

 Over 2 years

76

7 (9.2)

69 (90.8)

Duration in clinic

 Less than 1 year

44

3 (6.8)

41 (93.2)

 1–2 years

36

6 (16.7)

30 (83.3)

 Over 2 years

62

4 (6.4)

58 (93.6)

Most recent fasting blood glucose (median, IQR)a-mg/dl

156.6 (115.2–234)

130.6 (99.9–151.1)

160.2 (121.0–249.0)

Patients with good glucose control (< 126 mg/dl)

39

5 (12.8)

34 (87.2)

Patients with reasonable glucose control (128 to < 180 mg/dl)

42

6 (14.3)

36 (85.7)

Initial creatinine (median, IQR)-mg/dl

0.7 (0.6–0.9)

1.4 (1.2–2)

0.7 (0.6–0.9)

Risk factors

 BMI (median, IQR)-kg/m2

26.5 (22.5–30)

26.5 (25.6–29.2)

26.5 (22.3–30.1)

 BMI over 25 (median, IQR)-kg/m2

29.1 (27.3–32.9)

27.8 (26.0–31.6)

29.3 (27.3–33.2)

 Most recent systolic blood pressure (median, IQR)a-mmHg

130 (117–145)

135 (132–154)

129 (116–142)

 Most recent diastolic blood pressure (median, IQR)-mmHg

83 (77–89)

91 (81–97)

83 (77–88)

Diabetic co-morbidities and complications

 Hypertension

103

12 (11.7)

91 (88.3)

  1. CKD chronic kidney disease, % percentage, Sd standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index
  2. aSignificant difference between CKD and no CKD group