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16 August 2021: Clinical Research

Association Between Serum Albumin Levels and Obesity and Risk of Developing Chronic Kidney Disease Using Data from the Korean Multi-Rural Communities Cohort (MRCohort) Population Database

Kwang Ho Mun ABCDEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.933840

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e933840

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants by obesity.

Whole (n=2300)Normal weight (n=1060)Overweight and obese (n=1240)p
Age, y59.3±9.660.7±9.958.1±9.1
Men, n (%)895 (38.9%)469 (44.3%)426 (34.4%)
F/U time, months47.2±19.046.3±18.648.0±19.2
Smoke, n (%)329 (14.3%)191 (18.0%)138 (11.1%)
Drink, n (%)1035 (45.0%)465 (43.9%)570 (46.0%)NS
Exercise, n (%)672 (29.2%)273 (25.8%)399 (32.2%)
SBP, mmHg117.3±15.1115.9±15.3118.4±14.9
DBP, mmHg75.7±9.074.6±9.076.7±8.9
Glucose, mg/dL92.7±17.792.4±23.293.0±11.2NS
BMI, kg/m23.5±2.921.0±1.525.6±2.1
Total cholesterol, mg/dL196.4±34.3191.7±33.5200.5±34.5
Triglyceride, mg/dL99.6±37.295.8±35.7102.8±38.1
HDL, mg/dL49.9±10.450.8±10.649.2±10.3
WBC, (10/L)6.4±1.86.3±1.96.4±1.8NS
CRP, mg/L1.6±4.21.7±5.31.5±2.9NS
AST, U/dL26.0±9.626.4±10.225.6±9.1
ALT, U/dL22.2±11.820.9±10.323.3±12.9
γ-GTP, U/dL25.2±39.725.0±47.125.5±32.1NS
Calorie, kcal/day1618.9±473.81587.7±468.41645.6±476.9
Protein, g/day48.87±18.847.5±18.250.0±19.3
Albumin, mg/L4.4±0.24.4±0.24.4±0.2
eGFR mL/min/1.73 m78.5±9.578.9±9.478.1±9.5
ALT – alanine transferase; AST – aspartate transaminase; BMI – body mass index; CRP – c-reactive protein; DBP – diastolic blood pressure; eGFR – estimated glomerular filtration rate; F/U – follow-up; HDL – high-density lipoprotein; NS – not significant; r-GTP – gamma-glutamyltransferase; SBP – systolic blood pressure; WBC – white blood cell. Data are expressed as mean±standard deviation for continuous variables and n(%) for categorical variables.

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