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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population (n = 2151) according to sex and prevalence of CKD. The quantitative values are expressed by median and interquartile difference, qualitative values as number and percentage

From: Association between kidney function, nutritional status and anthropometric measures in older people

Variable

All

n = 2151

Men

n = 932

Women

n = 1219

CKD(−) group

n = 818

CKD(+) group

n = 1333

Age (years)

79.5 (5.9)

79.5 (5.8)

79.5 (5.9)

78.6 (4.5)

80.2 (6.2) c

Men (n, %)

932 (43.3)

315 (38.5)

617 (46.3) c

Education (years)

11 (7)

12 (7)

11 (7) a

12 (8)

11 (6) c

Weight (kg)

72.0 (17.5)

78 (15.6)

67 (16.3) c

70 (18.4)

74 (18.9) c

Arm circumference (cm)

28 (4.0)

28 (3.5)

28 (5.0)

28 (4.0)

28 (4.0) c

Waist circumference (cm)

98 (15)

102 (14)

95 (16) c

96 (15)

99 (16) c

Hip circumference (cm)

104 (11.0)

104 (9.0)

104 (14.0) a

102 (10.1)

105 (12.0) c

Calf circumference (cm)

36 (5.0)

37 (5.0)

35 (5.0) c

36 (5.0)

36 (6.0) c

BMI (kg/m2)

27.3 (5.6)

27.2 (5.0)

27.4 (6.3)

26.7 (5.4)

27.6 (5.7) c

WHR

0.93 (0.11)

0.98 (0.09)

0.89 (0.09) c

0.92 (0.12)

0.93 (0.11) c

WHtR

0.60 (0.10)

0.60 (0.09)

0.60 (0.10)

0.59 (0.10)

0.61 (0.09) c

MNA SF

13 (2)

14 (2)

13 (2) c

13 (2)

13 (2)

MNA

27.0 (3.0)

27.0 (2.5)

26.5 (3.0) c

27.0 (2.5)

26.5 (3.0) c

Albumin (g/dL)

4.22 (0.5)

4.30 (0.5)

4.20 (0.4)

4.30 (0.4)

4.20 (0.4) c

Diabetes (n,%)

532 (24.7)

279 (29.9)

253 (20.8) c

154 (18.8)

378 (28.4) c

Cancer (n,%)

368 (17.1)

188 (20.2)

180 (14.8) c

116 (14.2)

252 (18.9) b

Hypertension (n,%)

1635 (76.0)

707 (75.9)

928 (76.1)

542 (66.3)

1093 (82.0) c

CAD (n,%)

288 (13.4)

171 (18.3)

117 (9.6) c

72 (8.8)

216 (16.2) c

CVD (n,%)

268 (12.5)

132 (14.2)

136 (11.2) c

87 (10.6)

181 (13.6) a

HF (n,%)

335 (15.6)

167 (17.9)

168 (13.8) b

68 (8.3)

267 (20.0) c

COPD (n,%)

252 (11.7)

156 (16.7)

96 (7.9) c

70 (8.6)

182 (13.7) b

Metabolic syndrome (n,%)

1257 (58.4)

555 (59.5)

702 (57.6)

403 (49.3)

854 (64.1) c

CIRS-G

8 (6)

8 (7)

7 (7) c

7 (6)

9 (7) c

Country

 Austria (n, %)

225 (10.5)

117 (12.6)

108 (8.9) b

30 (3.7)

195 (14.6) c

 Germany (n, %)

270 (12.6)

83 (8.9)

187 (15.3) c

106 (13.0)

164 (12.3)

 Israel (n, %)

299 (13.9)

138 (14.8)

161 (13.2)

149 (18.2)

150 (11.3) c

 Italy (n, %)

436 (20.3)

221 (23.7)

215 (17.6) c

155 (18.9)

281 (21.1)

 The Netherlands (n, %)

285 (13.2)

160 (17.2)

125 (10.3) c

90 (11.0)

195 (14.6) a

 Poland (n, %)

352 (16.4)

101 (10.8)

251 (20.6) c

160 (19.6)

192 (14.4) b

 Spain (n, %)

284 (13.2)

112 (12.0)

172 (14.1)

128 (15.6)

156 (11.7) b

  1. a p <  0.05; b p <  0.01; c p <  0.001