Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Patients with CKD Stages 1–5 and Hypertension.

From: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blocker monotherapy retard deterioration of renal function in Taiwanese chronic kidney disease population

Characteristic

ACEI mono-therapy (n = 217)

ARB mono-therapy (n = 1405)

Nonuser (n = 1017)

p-value

Age, mean (SD), y

63.31 ± 13.21

64.20 ± 13.17

66.99 ± 12.51

<0.0001

Age group, y

   

<0.0001

   20–44

19 (8.76)

114 (8.11)

51 (5.01)

 

   45–64

87 (40.09)

568 (40.43)

354 (34.81)

 

   65–74

71 (32.72)

389 (27.69)

313 (30.78)

 

   ≥75

40 (18.43)

334 (23.77)

299 (29.40)

 

Male

127 (58.53)

838 (59.64)

592 (58.21)

0.7698

Comorbid conditions before the date index

   DM

94 (43.32)

706 (50.25)

443 (43.56)

0.0025

   CAD

7 (3.23)

49 (3.49)

25 (2.46)

0.3464

   Stroke

34 (15.67)

284 (20.21)

222 (21.83)

0.1174

   Cancer

19 (8.76)

134 (9.54)

107 (10.52)

0.6179

Charlson comorbidity index

   

0.0003

   ≤3

139 (64.06)

680 (48.40)

493 (48.48)

 

   4–5

49 (22.58)

398 (28.33)

296 (29.11)

 

   >5

29 (13.36)

327 (23.27)

228 (22.42)

 

Mean (SD)

3.15 ± 2.20

3.97 ± 2.38

3.95 ± 2.41

<0.0001

Antihypertensives used within 1 year before the index date

   ACEI

204 (94.01)

102 (7.26)

113 (11.11)

<0.0001

   ARB

19 (8.76)

1332 (94.80)

365 (35.89)

<0.0001

   α-Blockers

34 (15.67)

217 (15.44)

164 (16.13)

0.9017

   β-Blockers

83 (38.25)

538 (38.29)

419 (41.20)

0.3292

Calcium channel blockers

   Nondihydropyridine

12 (5.53)

138 (9.82)

85 (8.36)

0.0872

   Dihydropyridine

119 (54.84)

824 (58.65)

567 (55.75)

0.2770

Diuretics

   Loop diuretics

48 (22.12)

304 (21.64)

209 (20.55)

0.7707

   Potassium sparing

8 (3.69)

94 (6.69)

58 (5.70)

0.1869

Other antihypertensives

9 (4.15)

40 (2.85)

32 (3.15)

0.5765

Baseline CKD stage

   

<0.0001

   1

37 (17.05)

147 (10.46)

112 (11.01)

 

   2

63 (29.03)

306 (21.78)

196 (19.27)

 

   3A

34 (15.67)

199 (14.16)

123 (12.09)

 

   3B

38 (17.51)

258 (18.36)

166 (16.32)

 

   4

29 (13.36)

322 (22.92)

219 (21.53)

 

   5

16 (7.37)

173 (12.31)

201 (19.76)

 

Smoking

55 (25.35)

367 (26.12)

277 (27.24)

0.7651

Alcohol

22 (10.14)

144 (10.25)

114 (11.21)

0.7301

Betel nut

14 (6.45)

84 (5.98)

61 (6.00)

0.9625

Exercise

77 (35.48)

478 (34.02)

353 (34.71)

0.8933

Waist, cm

86.73 ± 10.22

89.23 ± 11.58

87.41 ± 11.06

0.0001

Body mass index, kg/m2

   

<0.0001

   <18.5

5 (2.30)

20 (1.42)

22 (2.16)

 

   18.5–24.9

99 (45.62)

595 (42.35)

533 (52.41)

 

   25–29.9

88 (40.55)

574 (40.85)

348 (34.22)

 

   ≥30

25 (11.52)

216 (15.37)

114 (11.21)

 

Fasting glucose, mg/dL

119.14 ± 42.24

118.37 ± 43.83

116.81 ± 41.61

0.7384

HbA1c, %

6.96 ± 1.36

6.97 ± 1.51

7.01 ± 2.71

0.2424

TG, mg/dL

138.29 ± 100.75

149.55 ± 105.23

137.65 ± 91.09

0.0007

Triglyceride, mg/dL

180.35 ± 39.59

180.47 ± 42.31

183.85 ± 42.35

0.1100

Serum Na

139.44 ± 3.70

139.35 ± 5.77

139.50 ± 7.60

0.9123

Serum K

4.47 ± 0.69

4.69 ± 4.80

4.55 ± 4.72

0.0038

Serum Ca

8.99 ± 0.84

9.13 ± 2.65

8.96 ± 0.69

0.0613

Serum P

3.77 ± 0.79

3.87 ± 1.35

4.01 ± 0.94

0.0010

Uric acid, mg/dL

6.80 ± 1.58

7.08 ± 2.24

7.12 ± 1.98

0.2482

Hb, mg/dL

12.53 ± 2.14

12.22 ± 2.37

11.98 ± 2.60

0.0025

Hct, mg/dL

37.19 ± 6.54

36.17 ± 6.03

35.29 ± 6.80

0.0004

Albumin, g/dL

4.08 ± 0.47

4.66 ± 15.17

4.07 ± 0.50

0.4343

UPCR

717.87 ± 1717.17

1092.31 ± 3387.21

1087.75 ± 2112.56

<0.0001

eGFR

58.56 ± 32.54

48.08 ± 31.04

45.40 ± 32.60

<0.0001