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Table 2 The association between BMI at age 21 and end-stage renal disease in the southern community cohort study, overall and stratified by race

From: Increased body mass index may be associated with greater risk of end-stage renal disease in whites compared to blacks: a nested case–control study

 

Overall

Whites

Blacks

 

Cases

Controls

ORa

95 % CI

Cases

Controls

ORa

95 % CI

Cases

Controls

ORa

95 % CI

 

N = 589

N = 1819

N = 64

N = 193

N = 525

N = 1626

BMI Category

        

Underweight

53

214

0.89

0.63, 1.25

2

29

0.19

0.02, 1.46

51

185

0.99

0.69, 1.41

Normal

291

1101

1.00 (referent)

N/A

28

117

1.00 (referent)

N/A

263

984

1.00 (referent)

N/A

Overweight

131

357

1.44

1.13, 1.85

14

33

2.13

0.92, 4.93

117

324

1.41

1.09, 1.83

Obese

114

147

2.88

2.16, 3.83

20

14

7.46

2.90, 19.21

94

133

2.56

1.88, 3.47

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body Mass Index, CI Confidence Interval, OR odds ratio, N/A not applicable
  2. P value for race × continuous BMI interaction term (test for additivity) in adjusted model = 0.05 (in the unadjusted model, the P value = 0.047)
  3. aAdjusted for education (<high school, completed high school, vocational training or junior college and ≥ college degree), and smoking history (never, former and current). Age, gender and race were matching factors in the conditional logistic models
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