Prevalence of APOL1 Risk Variants in Afro-Descendant Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in a Latin American Country

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Characteristics	All patients n = 102	Low risk n = 64	High risk n = 38	value
Age, year, mean (SD)	48 (13)	49 (13)	46 (12)	0.2859
Range	19–77	20–77	19–75
Age at start of dialysis, mean (SD)	40 (13)	41 (14)	38 (12)	0.4210
Range	6.3–69	6.3–69	13.3–65
Sex, male, n (%)	58 (57)	35 (55)	23 (60)	0.565
Comorbid condition, n (%)
Arterial hypertension	90 (88)	56 (87)	34 (89)	0.765
Diabetes	7 (6.2)	5 (8)	2 (5)	0.622
Peripheral vascular disease	16 (16)	13 (21)	3 (8)	0.083
Autoimmune disease	6 (5.8)	6 (9.7)	0	0.050
Etiology ESRD, n (%)				0.108
Unknown	84 (82)	48 (75)	36 (94)
Lupus nephritis	5 (5)	5 (8)	0
Diabetic nephropathy	5 (5)	5 (8)	0
Polycystic disease	4 (4)	3 (4.7)	1 (2.6)
Others	4 (4)	3 (4.7)	1 (2.6)