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Table 3 The association between BMI at enrollment 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 = 620

N = 1881

  

N = 65

N = 196

  

N = 555

N = 1685

  

BMI Category

        

Underweight

7

14

1.27

0.49, 3.28

1

1

3.54

0.18, 69.17

6

13

1.06

0.39, 2.92

Normal

141

382

1.00

N/A

11

47

1.00 (referent)

N/A

130

335

1.00 (referent)

N/A

Overweight

167

553

0.83

0.64, 1.08

12

56

0.99

0.38, 2.59

155

497

0.81

0.61, 1.07

Obese

305

932

0.89

0.69, 1.14

41

92

2.17

0.94, 4.98

264

840

0.80

0.61, 1.05

 Obese I

111

431

0.72

0.53, 0.96

16

48

1.63

0.65, 4.17

95

383

0.65

0.47, 0.88

 Obese II

96

271

0.97

0.70, 1.33

13

23

2.62

0.96, 7.12

83

248

0.86

0.61, 1.22

 Obese III

98

230

1.21

0.86, 1.69

12

21

3.31

1.08, 10.12

86

209

1.09

0.76, 1.55

  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 = 0.03 (in the unadjusted model, the P value = 0.02)
  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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