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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2023 Jan 6;82(1):11–21.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.11.015

Table 2B.

Relative risk (95% Confidence Interval) of incident CKD accounting for risk factors in the REGARDS study

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
N=11,997 N=10,737 N=10,106
Age* 1.51 (1.44, 1.59) 1.46 (1.38, 1.55) 1.46 (1.37, 1.55)
Male sex 0.94 (0.84, 1.06) 1.06 (0.94, 1.20) 0.95 (0.84, 1.09)
Black race 1.39 (1.24, 1.56) 1.31 (1.15, 1.49) 1.03 (0.90, 1.18)
Education ≥ High School 0.70 (0.58, 0.84) 0.80 (0.67, 0.96)
Household Income ≥ $35,000 0.75 (0.65, 0.86) 0.86 (0.75, 0.99)
Stroke belt 1.17 (1.04, 1.33) 1.14 (1.01, 1.30)
Current smoking 1.23 (1.02, 1.48) 1.30 (1.08, 1.57)
Systolic blood pressure* 1.16 (1.10, 1.22)
Body mass index* 1.18 (1.11, 1.25)
Diabetes 1.91 (1.65, 2.20)
Hyperlipidemia 1.11 (0.97, 1.27)
Cardiovascular Disease 1.31 (1.12, 1.52)
Log Urine ACR* 1.30 (1.25, 1.36)
*

per one standard deviation increase: for age 8 years, for SBP 15 mmHg, for BMI 5.8 kg/m2, for albumin-to-creatinine ratio 0.9 mg/g. Model 3 is additionally adjusted for ACEI/ARB and NSAID use.

Abbreviations: ACEi/ARB—angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin II receptor blocker; NSAID—non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; ACR—albumin-to-creatinine ratio.