Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants.

From: The associations of calf circumference and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among population with chronic kidney disease stages 3–5

  

Calf Circumference (cm)

Characteristic

Overall

CC < 35.0

35.0 < CC < 38.5

CC > 38.5

Participants

1166

373

400

393

Age, years

71.10 (12.65)

76.1 (11.01)

72.17 (11.89)

66.4 (12.83)

Sex, n (%)

    

Male

540 (40.3)

141 (29.2)

203 (44.5)

196 (45.0)

Female

626 (59.7)

232 (70.8)

197 (55.5)

197 (55.0)

Race, n (%)

    

Mexican American

715 (76.7)

225 (75.8)

259 (78.2)

231 (76.0)

Other Hispanic

271 (14.3)

66 (11.5)

84 (13.5)

121 (16.9)

Non-Hispanic White

147 (5.0)

69 (7.7)

49 (5.2)

29 (2.7)

Non-Hispanic Black

33 (4.0)

13 (5.0)

8 (3.1)

12 (4.3)

Smoking status, n (%)

    

Nonsmoker

579 (50.5)

198 (50.6)

194 (50.7)

187 (50.2)

Former smoker

477 (39.5)

138 (37.3)

165 (39.6)

174 (41.1)

Current smoker

108 (10)

37 (12.1)

40 (9.7)

31 (8.6)

missing

2

0

1

1 (0.1)

Alcohol intake, n (%)

    

None

509 (46.2)

189 (53.7)

166 (44.6)

154 (42.1)

Light or moderate

368 (25.3)

86 (18.5)

137 (28.1)

145 (27.8)

Heavy

20 (8.4)

3 (6.9)

7 (7.8)

10 (10.1)

missing

269 (20.1)

95 (20.8)

90 (19.6)

84 (20.0)

Education level, n (%)

    

Less than high school

477 (32.6)

180 (39.2)

160 (33.1)

137 (27.0)

High school

277 (27.1)

86 (29.2)

91 (26.0)

100 (26.5)

College or higher

406 (40.1)

103 (30.9)

148 (40.7)

155 (46.4)

Missing data

6 (0.3)

4 (0.7)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

BMI, kg/m2, n (%)

    

< 25.0

324 (27.3)

233 (65.3)

85 (23.3)

6 (2.3)

25.0–29.9

436 (37.2)

106 (25.2)

221 (56.0)

109 (29.6)

≥ 30.0

357 (31.8)

5 (1.1)

79 (18.0)

273 (67.1)

Missing

49 (3.7)

29 (8.4)

15 (2.6)

5 (1.0)

Ratio of family income to poverty, n (%)

    

≤ 1.30

306 (22.1)

112 (28.2)

99 (19.5)

95 (19.9)

1.31–3.50

478 (42.1)

153 (39.9)

172 (46.3)

153 (40)

> 3.50

274 (27.6)

69 (22.9)

95 (25.7)

110 (32.8)

Missing

108 (8.2)

39 (8.9)

34 (8.6)

35 (7.3)

eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2

47.08 (11.94)

45.14 (13.31)

47.14 (12.01)

48.48 (10.54)

Calf circumference (cm)

37.50 (4.44)

32.44 (1.93)

36.76 (0.97)

41.95 (2.99)

Diabetes, n (%)

352 (26.4)

105 (25.6)

109 (24.9)

138 (28.3)

Hypertension, n (%)

1009 (84.4)

323 (84.1)

347 (84.2)

339 (84.7)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

705 (62.2)

205 (53.7)

247 (64.8)

253 (66.3)

All-cause mortality, n (%)

922 (71.5)

339 (88.5)

323 (73.2)

260 (57.1)

Cardiovascular mortality, n (%)

515 (40.4)

194 (51.5)

173 (32.0)

148 (16.9)

Follow time, months

127.78 (68.97)

99.41 (64.06)

129.43 (64.47)

147.62 (69.28)

  1. Values are mean (SD) for continuous variables or numbers (weighted %) for categorical variables. Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index;.
  2. eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.