Research Article
[Retracted] Urine Albumin/Creatinine Ratio and Microvascular Disease in Elderly Hypertensive Patients without Comorbidities
Table 2
Characteristics and Mitchell–Wong classification in elderly male and female patients by quartiles of UACR.
| | Male | Female | | Quartile 1 () | Quartile 2 () | Quartile 3 () | Quartile 4 () | Quartile 1 () | Quartile 2 () | Quartile 3 () | Quartile 4 () |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | | | | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | | | | | | Systolic BP (mmHg) | | | | | | | | | | Diastolic BP (mmHg) | | | | | | | | ¶ | | N/L ratio | | | | | | | | | | Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | | | | | ¶ | | | ¶ | | Cholesterol (mg/dL) | | | | | | | | | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | | | | | | | | | | HDL-c (mg/dL) | | | | | ¶ | | | | | LDL-c (mg/dL) | | | | | | | | | | eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | | | | | | | ¶ | ¶ | | Mitchell–Wong classification | | None (%) | 218 (82.6) | 201 (76.7) | 204 (77.6) | 185 (72.5) | 211 (78.1) | 228 (82.6) | 212 (78.5) | 209 (74.6) | | Mild (%) | 44 (16.7) | 47 (17.9) | 52 (19.8) | 56 (22.0) | 54 (20.0) | 43 (15.6) | 52 (19.3) | 62 (22.1) | | Moderate (%) | 2 (0.8) | 12 (4.6) | 7 (2.7) | 11 (4.3) | 5 (1.9) | 4 (1.4) | 6 (2.2) | 8 (1.9) | | Malignant (%) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) |
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compared to quartile 1; ¶ compared to quartile 2. UACR: albumin/creatinine ratios; BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; N/L: neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate. |
