Clinical Study
Relationship between Plasma Leptin Level and Chronic Kidney Disease
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population (
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| Characteristics | Mean or percentage ± standard error |
| Age, years | | Women, % | | Race-ethnicity, % | | Non-Hispanic whites | | Non-Hispanic blacks | | Mexican Americans | | Other | | Education categories, % | | Less than high school | | High school | | More than high school | | Smoking, % | | Never | | Former | | Current | | Current alcohol drinker, % | | Body mass index, kg/m2 | | Diabetes mellitus, % | | Hypertension, % | | Total cholesterol, mg/dL | | Glomerular filtration rate, mL/min/1.73 m2 | | Chronic kidney disease, %* | | Glucose, mg/dL | | Insulin, uU/mL | | Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | | Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | | C-reactive protein, mg/dL | |
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Defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2.
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