Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes and Coexistence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Risk in the Population of the Republic of Moldova

Table 1

Demographics and clinical characteristics of participants in the screening program.

	Overall; (𝑛=1025)	Women; (𝑛=737)	Men; (𝑛=288)
Age (years)	48.8±14.6	48.7±14.5	50.0±14.8
Education (years)	944	673	271
>10	343 (36.3)	231 (34.3)	112 (41.3)
6–10	234 (24.7)	166 (24.7)	68 (25.1)
1–5	312 (33.0)	232 (34.5)	80 (29.5)
None	55 (5.8)	44 (6.5)	11 (4.1)
Work	927	657	270
Physical labor	283 (30.5)	172 (26.2)	111 (41.1)
Office work	210 (22.6)	157 (23.9)	53 (19.6)
House work	83 (22.6)	72 (11.0)	11 (4.1)
Unemployed	351 (37.8)	256 (39.0)	95 (35.2)
Fruit/Vegetable intake	1018	732	286
1 x/day	545 (53.5)	420 (57.4)	125 (43.7)
3–5 x/day	355 (34.8)	227 (31.0)	128 (44.8)
1 x/week	101 (9.9)	73 (10.0)	28 (9.8)
None	17 (1.6)	12 (1.6)	5 (1.7)
Smoking	1021	734	287
Current	139 (13.6)	37 (5.0)	102 (35.5)
Former	33 (3.2)	5 (0.7)	28 (9.8)
None	849 (83.2)	692 (94.3)	157 (54.7)
Alcohol	1021	735	286
1 x/day	21 (2.1)	7 (1.0)	14 (4.9)
1 x/week	148 (14.5)	61 (8.3)	87 (30.4)
1 x/month	292 (28.6)	208 (28.3)	84 (29.4)
None	560 (54.8)	459 (62.4)	101 (35.3)
Physical activity (min/d)	1007	727	280
>60	372 (36.9)	269 (37.0)	103 (36.8)
30–60	134 (13.3)	82 (11.3)	52 (18.6)
<30	120 (11.9)	88 (12.1)	32 (11.4)
None	381 (37.8)	288 (39.6)	93 (33.2)
Family history
CKD	209 (21.3)	171 (24.2)	38 (13.9)
HTN	498 (50.2)	373 (52.1)	125 (45.3)
DM	157 (16.1)	121 (17.2)	36 (13.1)
Patient’s history
CKD	384 (38.1)	313 (43.2)	71 (25.2)
HTN	480 (47.5)	341 (46.8)	139 (49.5)
DM	125 (12.5)	86 (12.0)	39 (13.9)
MI/CVD	253 (25.2)	186 (25.8)	67 (23.8)
Physical examination
BMI (kg/m^2)	1005	724	281
	27.72±5.35	27.9±6.0	27.4±4.7
<18.5	61 (6.07%)	49 (6.8)	12 (4.3)
18.5–24.9	254 (25.27%)	177 (24.4)	78 (27.8)
25–29.9	369 (36.72%)	257 (35.5)	111 (39.5)
>30	321 (31.94%)	242 (33.4)	79 (28.1)
Blood pressure (mm Hg)
SBP	130.2±21.3	129.1±22.2	133.1±19.3
DBP	83.1±11.3	82.5±12.2	85.0±10.3
Laboratory parameters
A/C ratio (mg/g)	20.8±22.1	20.3±19.8	22.1±26.9
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	84.2±21.3	79.1±16.8	97.9±25.6

Data are a number of screened subjects and percent (%) if not otherwise specified. Values for Age, BMI, SBP, DBP, A/C ratio, and eGFR are mean ± SD. CKD: chronic kidney disease; HTN: hypertension; DM: diabetes mellitus; MI/CVD: myocardial infarction/cardiovascular disease; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; A/C: urinary albumin/creatinine ratio; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.