Research Article

Clinical Epidemiology of Reduced Kidney Function among Elderly Male Fishing and Agricultural Population in Taipei, Taiwan

Table 2

The relationship between metabolic components and chronic kidney disease in the study participants ( ).

65–74 yrs75–84 yrs≥85 yrsTotal value for Mantel-Haenszel
test
CKD
Prevalence (95% CI)
CKD
Prevalence (95% CI)
CKD
Prevalence (95% CI)
CKD
Prevalence (95% CI)

Metabolic components
 Elevated blood pressure9.1 (7.3–10.9)19.4 (16.5–22.4)33.3 (25.2–41.4)14.8 (13.2–16.4)0.02
 Central obesity11.0 (8.8–13.3)22.4 (18.7–26.1)32.9 (22.1–43.7)16.5 (14.5–18.5)<0.001
 Hyperglycemia12.3 (9.4–15.2)23.1 (18.5–27.7)31.9 (18.6–45.2)17.4 (14.9–19.9)<0.001
 Hypertriglyceridemia13.2 (10.1–16.3)27.2 (21.5–32.9)30.6 (15.6–45.7)18.6 (15.8–21.4)<0.001
 Low HDL-C16.0 (12.1–19.9)28.1 (22.2–34.0)35.7 (21.2–50.2)21.8 (18.5–25.1)<0.001
Number of components of metabolic syndrome
 None3.0 (0.8–5.2)5.9 (4.3–7.5)14.2 (11.2–17.2)8.5 (5.8–11.2)
 One or two16.4 (10.4–22.4)15.1 (12.2–18.0)27.6 (22.6–32.6)11.1 (9.5–12.7)<0.001
 Three or more12.1 (1.0–23.2)27.2 (19.0–35.4)36.7 (23.2–50.2)20.3 (17.6–23.0)