Research Article
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) |
|
|