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Table 1 Baseline clinical features of enrolled CKD patients

From: Lower energy intake associated with higher risk of cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease patients on a low-protein diets

Variable

Total (N = 4264)

Non-LPD

(≥ 0.8 g/kg/day)

(n = 2243)

LPD

(< 0.8 g/kg/day)

(n = 2021)

P-value

Age (years)

61.04(0.36)

60.31(0.49)

61.88(0.51)

0.02

Sex (%)

   

0.005

 Female

56.67(0.02)

53.80(1.66)

59.98(1.52)

 

 Male

43.33(0.02)

46.20(1.66)

40.02(1.52)

 

Ethnicity (%)

   

< 0.001

 Mexican American

7.22(0.01)

8.07(1.10)

6.23(0.81)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

12.36(0.01)

10.25(1.07)

14.78(1.26)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

68.24(0.03)

68.17(1.95)

68.33(1.82)

 

 Other Hispanic

4.81(0.00)

5.43(0.67)

4.09(0.52)

 

 Other ethnicity - Including Multi-Racial

7.38(0.01)

8.07(0.86)

6.57(0.82)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

   

< 0.001

 <30

23.00(0.01)

32.36(1.34)

12.19(1.04)

 

 ≥30

77.00(0.02)

67.64(1.34)

87.81(1.04)

 

Energy intake (kcal/kg/day)

24.09(0.26)

30.47(0.37)

16.74(0.20)

< 0.001

Energy intake (kcal/kg/day)

   

< 0.001

 < 25

61.60(0.02)

36.94(1.59)

90.05(0.93)

 

 25–35

23.94(0.01)

36.90(1.60)

8.98(0.96)

 

 ≥ 35

14.46(0.01)

26.15(1.33)

0.97(0.38)

 

Energy intake greater than the equation-based REE (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

31.57(0.01)

9.89(0.82)

56.59(1.67)

 

 Yes

68.43(0.02)

90.11(0.82)

43.41(1.67)

 

Protein intake (g/kg/day)

0.92(0.01)

1.24(0.01)

0.54(0.01)

< 0.001

LPD (g/kg/day) (%)

    

 <0.8

46.43(0.02)

0.00(0.00)

100.00(0.00)

 

 ≥0.8

53.57(0.02)

100.00(0.00)

0.00(0.00)

 

Very low protein diet (g/kg/day) (%)

   

< 0.001

 ≥0.6

73.33(0.03)

100.00(0.00)

42.67(1.77)

 

 <0.6

26.67(0.01)

0.00(0.00)

57.33(1.77)

 

Carbohydrate

2.90(0.03)

3.54(0.05)

2.17(0.03)

< 0.001

Low-carbohydrate diet (%)

   

0.37

 No

97.73(0.03)

98.07(0.45)

97.35(0.63)

 

 Yes

2.27(0.00)

1.93(0.45)

2.65(0.63)

 

Fat (g/kg/day)

0.93(0.01)

1.20(0.02)

0.62(0.01)

< 0.001

Low-fat diet (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

69.22(0.02)

74.94(1.21)

62.62(1.65)

 

 Yes

30.78(0.01)

25.06(1.21)

37.38(1.65)

 

Low-fat and carbohydrate diet (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

99.72(0.03)

99.90(0.07)

99.51(0.26)

 

 Yes

0.28(0.01)

0.10(0.07)

0.49(0.26)

 

Low-LPD and fat and carbohydrate diet (%)

   

0.047

   No

99.77(0.03)

100.00(0.00)

99.51(0.26)

 

   Yes

0.23(0.00)

0.00(0.00)

0.49(0.26)

 

Alcohol use (%)

   

0.19

 No

15.31(0.01)

14.46(0.92)

16.28(1.16)

 

 Yes

84.69(0.03)

85.54(0.92)

83.72(1.16)

 

Smoke (%)

   

0.01

 No

51.33(0.02)

54.30(1.66)

47.91(1.71)

 

 Yes

48.67(0.02)

45.70(1.66)

52.09(1.71)

 

ACR (mg/g)

   

0.19

 <30

33.30(0.02)

31.84(1.37)

34.98(1.66)

 

 30–300

56.75(0.02)

58.38(1.43)

54.87(1.68)

 

 ≥300

9.95(0.01)

9.78(0.89)

10.15(0.82)

 

e-GFR (ml/min/1.73m2)

   

< 0.001

 ≥90

30.63(0.01)

34.39(1.35)

26.28(1.37)

 

 60–89

21.41(0.01)

21.45(1.31)

21.37(1.36)

 

 30–59

44.60(0.02)

41.84(1.41)

47.78(1.70)

 

 15–29

3.00(0.00)

2.01(0.29)

4.15(0.52)

 

 < 15

0.36(0.00)

0.30(0.11)

0.42(0.14)

 

Serum albumin (g/L)

   

0.01

 ≥35

97.52(0.03)

98.29(0.30)

96.63(0.61)

 

 <35

2.48(0.00)

1.71(0.30)

3.37(0.61)

 

Hypertension (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

31.90(0.02)

36.27(1.54)

26.86(1.63)

 

 Yes

68.10(0.02)

63.73(1.54)

73.14(1.63)

 

Diabetes mellitus (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

64.62(0.02)

71.08(1.45)

57.17(1.53)

 

 Yes

35.38(0.01)

28.92(1.45)

42.83(1.53)

 

Anemia (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

85.22(0.03)

88.04(0.91)

81.96(1.09)

 

 Yes

14.78(0.01)

11.96(0.91)

18.04(1.09)

 

Hyperlipidemia (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

18.37(0.01)

21.77(1.27)

14.44(1.24)

 

 Yes

81.63(0.03)

78.23(1.27)

85.56(1.24)

 
  1. LPD, low protein diet; BMI, body mass index; REE, resting energy expenditure; ACR, albumin-creatinine ratio; e-GFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; CKD, chronic kidney disease