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Table 1 Characteristics of patients aged 35-74 years free of CKD at baseline in the QResearch derivation and the THIN validation cohort.

From: Predicting the risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Men and Women in England and Wales: prospective derivation and external validation of the QKidney®Scores

 

QResearch

derivation cohort

(n = 1,574,749)

THIN

Validation cohort

(n = 1,581,745)

Women

775,091 (49.22)

784005 (49.57)

Mean age(SD)

47.3 (11.1)

49 (11.1)

Mean Townsend deprivation score (SD)

-0.5 (3.4)

-0.7 (3.1)

Ethnic group

  

   white/not recorded

1,511,028 (95.95)

1,548,749 (97.91)

   Indian

12,360 (0.78)

8,313 (0.53)

   Pakistani

6,582 (0.42)

2,370 (0.15)

   Bangladeshi

2,671 (0.17)

797 (0.05)

   Other Asian

5,239 (0.33)

3,652 (0.23)

   Black Caribbean

9,596 (0.61)

4,131 (0.26)

   Black African

10,535 (0.67)

5,224 (0.33)

   Chinese

2,819 (0.18)

1,279 (0.08)

   Other

13,919 (0.88)

7,230 (0.46)

Smoking status

  

   non smoker

804,831 (51.11)

641,929 (40.58)

   ex smoker

286,731 (18.21)

236,820 (14.97)

   light smoker

101,273 (6.43)

96,347 (6.09)

   moderate smoker

124,246 (7.89)

153,262 (9.69)

   heavy smoker

100,891 (6.41)

150,036 (9.49)

   smoker amount not recorded

42,309 (2.69)

204,564 (12.93)

   smoking not recorded

114,468 (7.27)

98,787 (6.25)

Clinical conditions

  

   Type 1 diabetes

4,441 (0.28)

4,940 (0.31)

   Type 2 diabetes

49,179 (3.12)

49,877 (3.15)

   Cardiovascular disease

70,865 (4.50)

80,977 (5.12)

   Congestive cardiac failure

7,366 (0.47)

8,073 (0.51)

   Peripheral vascular disease

16,015 (1.02)

20,066 (1.27)

   Treated hypertension

156,506 (9.94)

142,192 (8.99)

   Rheumatoid arthritis

11,933 (0.76)

14,137 (0.89)

   Systemic lupus erythematosis

1,094 (0.07)

1,103 (0.07)

   Kidney Stones

10,674 (0.68)

12,115 (0.77)

   Current use of NSAIDS

425,775 (27.04)

387,087 (24.47)

   Family history of kidney disease

719 (0.05)

1,097 (0.07)

Clinical values

  

   systolic blood pressure recorded

1,415,467 (89.89)

1,437,893 (90.91)

   mean systolic blood pressure (SD)

133.1 (19.5)

133.6 (19.6)

   body mass index recorded

1,241,158 (78.82)

1,253,686 (79.26)

   mean body mass index (SD)

26.7 (4.7)

26.8 (4.7)

   creatinine recorded ever

880,627 (55.92)

863,948 (54.62)

   mean Creatinine (SD)

86.2 (15.9)

86.3 (16.3)

   creatinine recorded prior to baseline

331,018 (21.02)

217,814 (13.77)

   complete data (for SBP, BMI & smoking)

1,214,906 (77.15)

1,226,974 (77.57)

  1. Values are numbers (%).
  2. Data for the QResearch validation cohort is not shown but is available from the authors.