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Table 3 Anthropometric and biomedical characteristics of Aboriginal Australians with kidney disease in Central Australia compared to PerioCardio participants and Australian population estimates

From: Oral health of aboriginal people with kidney disease living in Central Australia

 

Central Australian Aboriginal Australians with kidney disease mean (95% CI) (N = 102)

PerioCardio study mean (95% CI) (N = 273)

Australian population estimates (95% CI)1,2

Weight (kg)

81.41 (75.49, 87.32)

84.17 (81.62, 86.71)

79.40 (78.81, 79.99)

Body mass index1

29.20 (26.91, 31.48)

29.16 (28.29, 30.02)

28.10 (27.46, 28.75)

Waist to hip ratio

0.97 (0.94, 1.00)

0.94 (0.93, 0.95)

–

Sitting systolic BP (mmHg)1

143 (136, 151)†

125 (123, 127)

123 (122, 123)

Sitting diastolic BP (mmHg)1

85 (80, 89)†

80 (79, 81)

77 (77, 77)

Max. carotid intima-media thickness

0.80 (0.70, 0.90)

0.86 (0.82, 0.89)

–

HbA1c (mmol/mol)2

54.42 (46.04, 62.81)†

44.97 (42.95, 46.99)

36.20 (35.81, 36.59)

eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)2

32.62 (17.79, 47.45)†

–

85.50 (85.30, 85.70)

Urine albumin

1,364.31 (24.91, 2,703.71)

41.92 (18.71, 65.13)

-

Urine creatinine

10.05 (5.95, 14.14)

7.92 (7.15, 8.69)

–

Urine albumin-creatinine ratio (mg/g)2

250.19 (19.86, 480.52)†

7.26 (3.74, 10.78)

2.2 (− 16.03, 20.43)

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)2

4.05 (3.66, 4.44)†

4.98 (4.85, 5.12)

5.1 (4.51, 5.69)

Triglycerides (mmol/L)2

2.43 (1.90, 2.96)

2.53 (2.30, 2.76)

1.3 (− 0.66, 3.26)

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)2

0.82 (0.70, 0.94)†

1.04 (1.00, 1.08)

1.3 (0.52, 2.08)

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)2

2.16 (1.86, 2.45)†

2.91 (2.78, 3.04)

3.1 (2.32, 3.88)

Total/HDL cholesterol ratio2

5.48 (4.69, 6.27)

5.22 (4.98, 5.45)

3.73 (2.95, 4.51)

  1. 1National Health Survey First Results 2017–2018, 4364.0.55.001 (participants 18 + years of age)
  2. 2Australian Health Survey: Biomedical Results for Chronic Diseases, 2011–12, 4364.0.55.005 (participants 18 + years of age)
  3. Australian Health Survey 2017–2018: https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/4364.0.55.0012017-18?OpenDocument
  4. 95% CI calculator for mean: https://www.socscistatistics.com/confidenceinterval/default2.aspx SE converter for SD: https://handbook-5-1.cochrane.org/chapter_7/7_7_3_2_obtaining_standard_deviations_from_standard_errors_and.htm
  5. †Denotes non-overlapping 95% confidence intervals