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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 1412 participants stratified by GFRcrcys tertiles

From: Kidney function and dementia risk in community-dwelling older adults: the Shanghai Aging Study

Characteristics Total
N = 1412
GFRcrcys < 67
N = 454
67 = <GFRcrcys < 80
N = 465
GFRcrcys > =80
N = 493
P for trend
Age (years) 70.69 ± 6.85 73.49 ± 6.95 70.79 ± 6.68 68.01 ± 5.78 < 0.001
Male (%) 659 (46.67%) 224 (49.34%) 216 (46.45%) 219 (44.42%) 0.13
Body mass index (kg/m2) 24.83 ± 3.45 24.95 ± 3.39 24.68 ± 3.31 24.86 ± 3.63 0.35
Education years 11.99 ± 3.97 11.91 ± 4.36 11.90 ± 4.01 12.16 ± 3.54 0.86
Smoking (%) 144 (10.20%) 50 (11.01%) 52 (11.18%) 42 (8.52%) 0.20
Comorbidities (%)
 Diabetes 197 (13.95%) 54 (11.89%) 62 (13.33%) 81 (16.43%) 0.04
 Hypertension 748 (52.97%) 267 (58.81%) 229 (49.25%) 252 (78.71%) 0.02
 Stroke 180 (12.75%) 72 (15.86%) 59 (12.69%) 49 (9.94%) 0.006
 Depression 31 (2.20%) 11 (2.42%) 11 (2.37%) 9 (1.83%) 0.53
MMSE score 28.35 ± 1.88 28.02 ± 2.27 28.37 ± 1.75 28.64 ± 1.52 < 0.001
SBP (mmHg) 145.67 ± 22.29 147.00 ± 22.51 145.26 ± 22.29 144.81 ± 22.07 0.13
DBP (mmHg) 77.81 ± 11.42 76.85 ± 11.45 77.78 ± 11.40 78.71 ± 11.37 0.04
GFRcrcys (ml/min/1.73 m2) 73.79 ± 15.63 56.20 ± 8.62 73.52 ± 3.63 90.26 ± 7.89 < 0.001
GFRcys (ml/min/1.73 m2) 71.13 ± 17.62 53.18 ± 10.02 69.64 ± 7.45 89.06 ± 11.14 < 0.001
GFRcr (ml/min/1.73 m2) 76.34 ± 14.68 60.73 ± 10.70 77.96 ± 7.73 89.18 ± 7.97 < 0.001
Proteinuria positive (%) 37 (2.63%) 15 (3.32%) 9 (1.94%) 13 (2.64%) 0.54
APOE-e4 allele positive (%) 233 (16.50%) 74 (16.30%) 78 (16.77%) 81 (16.43%) 0.96
Laboratory variables
 Cystatin C (mg/l) 1.05 ± 0.23 1.28 ± 0.22 1.03 ± 0.09 0.85 ± 0.10 < 0.001
 Creatinine (mg/dl) 0.90 ± 0.23 1.09 ± 0.24 0.87 ± 0.14 0.75 ± 0.14 < 0.001
 Uric acid (mg/dl) 5.81 ± 1.44 6.55 ± 1.56 5.67 ± 1.23 5.26 ± 1.19 < 0.001
 Triglyceride (mg/dl) 156.56 ± 102.45 155.84 ± 79.50 146.51 ± 81.38 166.71 ± 133.56 0.42
 Cholesterol (mg/dl) 208.55 ± 40.67 208.21 ± 41.20 208.86 ± 40.80 208.59 ± 40.13 0.92
 Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) 129.43 ± 35.36 128.93 ± 35.72 131.09 ± 34.70 128.32 ± 35.66 0.62
 High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l) 51.52 ± 13.03 50.56 ± 12.69 52.35 ± 13.21 51.63 ± 13.14 0.30
Follow-up MMSE score 26.91 ± 3.80 25.98 ± 4.91 27.05 ± 3.24 27.63 ± 2.83 < 0.001
Incident rate of dementia, cases per 100 person years (95% CI) 1.51 (1.26–1.82) 2.57 (2.00–3.31) 1.50 (1.09–2.08) 0.56 (0.34–0.94) < 0.001
  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD or percentage, appropriately. Conversion factors for units: creatinine in mg/dl to μmol/l, 88.4; uric acid in mg/dl to mmol/l, 0.0595; triglyceride in mg/dl to mmol/l, 0.0113; cholesterol in mg/dl to mmol/l, 0.0259; LDL in mg/dl to mmol/l, 0.0259; HDL in mg/dl to mmol/l, 0.0259
  2. MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, APOE apolipoprotein E, GFRcrcys Glomerular filtration rate estimated by CKD-EPI creatinine–cystatin C equation, GFRcr glomerular filtration rate estimated by CKD-EPI creatinine equation, GFRcys glomerular filtration rate estimated by CKD-EPI creatinine–cystatin C equation