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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Number of parity is associated with low-grade albuminuria in middle-aged and elderly Chinese women

 

Participants without low-grade albuminuria

Participants with low-grade albuminuria

P-values

n (%)

4871 (75.0)

1624 (25.0)

 

Urinary ACR (mg/g)

7.0 (5.4–8.8)

15.1 (13.0–19.4)

<  0.0001

Age (years)

54.7 ± 7.4

56.1 ± 8.1

<  0.0001

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 ± 3.2

24.0 ± 3.9

<  0.0001

WC (cm)

79.8 ± 8.9

81.2 ± 9.5

<  0.0001

SBP (mmHg)

123.0 ± 15.4

128.1 ± 16.8

<  0.0001

DBP (mmHg)

73.6 ± 9.1

75.4 ± 10.2

<  0.0001

Current smoking [n (%)]

55 (1.2)

23 (1.5)

0.353

Current drinking [n (%)]

58 (1.2)

23 (1.5)

0.478

TG (mmol/L)

1.20 (0.88–1.69)

1.30 (0.92–1.91)

<  0.0001

TC (mmol/L)

5.23 ± 1.26

5.34 ± 1.27

0.0003

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.38 ± 0.37

1.37 ± 0.36

0.223

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.16 ± 0.97

3.20 ± 0.99

0.106

FPG (mmol/L)

5.36 (4.97–5.82)

5.45 (5.02–5.97)

<  0.0001

Fasting insulin (μIU/ml)

7.10 (5.30–9.80)

7.80 (5.50–10.80)

<  0.0001

γ-GGT (U/L)

17.0 (13.0–24.0)

19.0 (14.0–27.0)

<  0.0001

eGFR (ml/min per 1.73 m2)

104.3 ± 22.5

104.7 ± 24.2

0.590

Physical activity (MET-h/week)

22.0 (10.5–45.0)

21.0 (10.5–42.0)

0.092

Prior history of CVD [n (%)]

139 (2.9)

46 (2.8)

0.965

High school or higher education [n (%)]

2892 (61.4)

912 (58.4)

0.017

Spontaneous abortion [n (%)]

330 (6.8)

92 (5.7)

0.116

Menopause [n (%)]

1160 (25.2)

333 (21.7)

0.005

  1. 1. Data were means ± SD or medians (interquartile ranges) for skewed variables or numbers (proportions) for categorical variables; P-values were for the ANOVA or χ2 analyses between the two groups
  2. 2. ACR albumin to creatinine ratio, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FPG fasting plasma glucose, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, γ-GGT γ-glutamyltransferase, CVD cardiovascular diseases