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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of UK Biobank participants with and without ESKD

From: Navigating the complexities of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) from risk factors to outcome: insights from the UK Biobank cohort

Variable name

ESKD

(n = 1191)

Non-ESKD

(n = 501,217)

P value

Age (years) mean (SD)

 

58.97 (7.62)

57.04 (8.17)

< 0.001

Sex – Male (%)

 

753 (63.2)

228,329 (45.6)

< 0.001

UAC (mg/L) [median (IQR)]

 

86.20 (18.40, 446.20)

11.50 (8.40, 19.40)

< 0.001

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

[mean (SD)]

Total cholesterol

4.99 (1.23)

5.69 (1.14)

< 0.001

HDL

1.28 (0.40)

1.45 (0.38)

< 0.001

LDL

3.05 (0.88)

3.56 (0.87)

< 0.001

Triglyceride

0.65 (0.34)

0.69 (0.30)

< 0.001

Creatinine (micromole/L) [(mean (SD)]

 

193.09 (189.78)

72.03 (15.06)

< 0.001

HbA1c (mmol/mol) [mean (SD)]

 

41.42 (13.94)

36.12 (6.75)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2) [mean (SD)]

 

28.73 (5.82)

27.43 (4.80)

< 0.001

Ethnicity n (%)

White

1044 (87.65)

471,565 (93.86)

< 0.001

Black

50 (4.20)

8,008 (1.59)

< 0.001

Asian

53(4.45)

11,399 (2.27)

< 0.001

Mixed

4 (0.33)

2,950 (0.59)

< 0.001

Other

38 (3.19)

6,397 (1.27)

< 0.001

Deprivation quintiles (%)

Least deprived

168 (14.1)

101,160 (20.2)

< 0.001

Less deprived

194 (16.3)

100,402 (20.1)

< 0.001

Moderately deprived

200 (16.8)

98,968 (19.9)

< 0.001

More deprived

260 (21.9)

100,238 (20.0)

< 0.001

Most deprived

367 (30.9)

99,826 (19.9)

< 0.001

SBP (mm of Hg) [mean (SD)

 

143.69 (21.83)

139.73 (19.69)

< 0.001

DBP (mm of Hg) [mean (SD)

 

81.10 (11.48)

82.21 (10.70)

0.001

Glycaemic status (HbA1c-based)

[n (%)]

Normoglycaemia

785 (73.9)

426,721 (91.7)

< 0.001

Prediabetes

92 (8.7)

21,208 (4.6)

< 0.001

Diabetes

185 (17.4)

17,271 (3.7)

< 0.001

BMI Status

[n (%)]

Underweight

41 (3.5)

11,663 (2.3)

< 0.001

Normal weight

259 (22.3)

153,313 (30.8)

< 0.001

Overweight

462 (39.7)

211,252 (42.4)

< 0.001

Obese

401 (34.5)

121,911 (24.5)

< 0.001

Smoking status

[n (%)]

Wish not to disclose

7 (0.6)

2050 (0.4)

< 0.001

Non-smoker

567 (47.7)

272,906 (54.5)

< 0.001

Ex-smoker

488 (41.0)

172,535 (34.5)

< 0.001

Current smoker

127 (10.7)

52,835 (10.6)

< 0.001

Waist circumference (cm) [mean (SD)]

 

97.17 (15.55)

90.30 (13.48)

< 0.001

Age diabetes diagnosed (year) [median (IQR)]

 

46 (35, 55)

54 (45, 60)

< 0.001

Age hypertension diagnosed (year) [median (IQR)]

 

42 (32, 52)

50 (41, 58)

< 0.001

Diabetes duration (years) [mean (SD)]

 

17.16 (14.49)

10.63 (13.53)

< 0.001

Hypertension duration (years) [mean (SD)]

 

19.28 (16.82)

14.42 (17.60)

< 0.001

Cardiovascular disease [n(%)]

None

260 (21.9)

350,630 (70.1)

< 0.001

Hypertension

697 (58.6)

119,442 (23.9)

< 0.001

Angina

78 (6.6)

11,254 (2.2)

< 0.001

Stroke

48 (4.0)

6170 (1.2)

< 0.001

Heart attack

100 (8.4)

11,505 (2.3)

< 0.001