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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2011 Feb 2;80(1):93–104. doi: 10.1038/ki.2010.531

Table 4.

General population cohorts. Pooled adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for end-stage renal disease subdivided for age groups <65 and >65 years. Shaded areas make up the combined reference groups.

albumin-to-creatinine ratio (mg/g) or dipstick (classes)
<10 Negative 10–29 trace 30–299
1+
≥300
≥2+
All
ESRD, younger than 65 years
eGFR mL/min/1.73m2 >105 12.4 (2.30–66.8) 28.6 (6.45–127)
90–104 Ref 14.2 (3.31–61.0) 13.8 (1.87–101.2) Ref
75–89 5.81 (1.40–24.2) 65.2 (37.3–114)
60–74 5.58 (2.00–15.7) 87.3 (32.3–236)
45–59 3.1 (1.1–8.3) 31.8 (14.3–70.5) 55.4 (29.6–103) 261 (112–610) 9.5 (5.6–15.9)
30–44 101 (54.8–187) 293 (69.3–1236) 272 (107–693) 828 (443–1545) 110 (49.6–245)
15–29 999 (493–2023) 3897 (1717–8845) 2398 (1247–4609) 5081 (2736–9435) 1281 (556–2952)

All Ref 13.7 (8.8–21.3) 124 (60.2–257)

ESRD, older than 65 years
eGFR mL/min/1.73m2 >105 0.0 (0.0–.) 0.0 (0.0–.)
90–104 Ref 0.0 (0.0–.) 0.0 (0.0–.) Ref
75–89 0.0 (0.0–.) 0.0 (0.0–.)
60–74 6.61 (1.61–27.2) 18.8 (5.29–67.1)
45–59 3.4 (1.6–7.2) 9.6 (3.8–24.4) 16.4 (5.85–45.9) 41.4 (7.95–215) 4.5 (3.0–6.75)
30–44 11.5 (5.97–22.1) 18.1 (3.83–85.9) 90.8 (48.3–171) 268 (157–458) 42.1 (28.7–61.7)
15–29 131 (62.7–274) 115 (33.8–389) 413 (222–768) 1071 (645–1779) 186 (92.9–372)

All Ref 10.3 (5.96–17.8) 47.5 (27.2–82.9)

Abbreviations are: eGFR. estimated glomerular filtration rate.