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Table 2 Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of 200 baseline and 132 follow-up study participants in the mUTIMA cohort. Percentages/proportions are represented in parentheses. P-values are calculated using t-tests, chi-squared tests, and two-proportion z-test for continuous, categorical, and binary variables, respectively

From: Circulating plasma NT-proBNP predicts subclinical coronary atherosclerosis on CT angiography among older adults in Uganda

 

Baseline

(n = 200)

Year 2

(n = 132)

P

(Baseline vs.

Year 2)

Age, years (mean ± SD)

56 ± 6.5

55 ± 6.5

0.39

Age group categories (n)

  

0.80

 45–54

94 (47)

67 (51)

 

 55–64

86 (43)

55 (42)

 

 65 +

20 (10)

10 (8)

 

ASCVD risk group (n)

  

0.72

 Low (< 5%)

62 (31)

48 (36)

 

 Borderline (5–7.5%)

39 (20)

26 (20)

 

 Intermediate (7.5–10%)

33 (17)

21 (16)

 

 High (> 10%)

66 (33)

37 (28)

 

Past Medical History (n)

   

 Diabetes

71 (36)

40 (30)

0.39

 Hypertension

170 (85)

113 (86)

0.99

 Current smoker

8 (4)

7 (5)

0.77

 BMI

  

0.93

  Normal

45 (23)

31 (23)

 

  Overweight

66 (33)

47 (36)

 

  Obese

86 (43)

52 (39)

 

  Underweight

3 (2)

2 (2)

 

 Waist-to-hip ratio (mean ± SD)

0.91 ± 0.10

0.91 ± 0.09

0.71

  Abdominal obesity (high WHR†)

139 (70)

93 (70)

0.95

 Chronic kidney disease

25 (13)

11 (8)

0.31

  GFR (mean ± SD)

100 ± 23.2

103 ± 18.8

0.19

  Abnormal urine ACR ‡

51 (26)

24 (12)

0.15

 HIV

100 (50)

68 (52)

0.87

 High total cholesterol

114 (57)

71 (54)

0.64

 High low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

111 (56)

70 (53)

0.74

 Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

126 (63)

82 (62)

0.96

  1. † WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; abdominal obesity defined as WHR  0.85 for females and  0.9 for males
  2. ‡ ACR, albumin-to-creatinine ratio; abnormal: ACR  30