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Table 1 Total study population demographics

From: Kidney disease characteristics, prevalence, and risk factors in León, Nicaragua: a population-based study

Demographics

Total study population (N = 1795)

Sex

 Male

714 (40%)

 Female

1081 (60%)

Median age, years (IQR)

36 (25–47)

Age categories

  < 20 years old

210 (12%)

 20–39 years old

872 (49%)

 40–59 years old

713 (40%)

Socioeconomic levela

 Extremely poor

595 (33%)

 Poor

462 (26%)

 Not poor

721 (41%)

Zone

 Rural

619 (34%)

 Urban

1176 (66%)

Illiterate

136 (7%)

Last grade level completed, median (IQR)b

9 (6–12)

  1. Abbreviations: IQR Interquartile range
  2. aSocioeconomic level based on the World Bank’s Development Research group. Missing socioeconomic status on 17 participants
  3. bMissing grade level for 124 participants