Research Article

The Association between Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimated Using Different Equations and Mortality in the Japanese Community-Based Population: The Yamagata (Takahata) Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study subjects.

TotalMalesFemales

Number1312588724
Age (years)63.9 ± 9.964.6 ± 9.863.6 ± 9.9
Smoker (%)30.659.07.6
Alcohol consumption (%)40.772.814.6
Obesity (%)31.632.031.2
Hypertension (%)43.148.638.5
Diabetes (%)5.66.94.4
Hypercholesterolemia (%)31.122.138.4
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)134.2 ± 15.7136.5 ± 15.5132.4 ± 15.6
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)78.7 ± 9.981.5 ± 9.876.5 ± 9.4
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL)199.6 ± 30.7192.0 ± 29.7205.8 ± 30.1
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)94.2 ± 15.196.5 ± 16.992.3 ± 13.2
HbA1c (%)5.64 ± 0.645.63 ± 0.685.66 ± 0.60
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)0.67 ± 0.160.77 ± 0.160.59 ± 0.11
Serum cystatin C (mg/L)0.95 ± 0.190.99 ± 0.200.92 ± 0.18
eGFRcreat (mL/min/1.73 m2)81.5 ± 17.081.5 ± 16.681.4 ± 17.3
eGFR-EPI (mL/min/1.73 m2)78.1 ± 11.277.1 ± 11.978.9 ± 10.5
eGFRcys (mL/min/1.73 m2)76.6 ± 16.475.8 ± 15.977.2 ± 16.7

eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate. Parametric variables are expressed as mean ± SD.