TABLE 5.
Ranking of the top 10 important variables of the five groups.
| Subgroup | Group 1 (patients with CKD stage 3 and DM) | Group 2 (patients with CKD stage 3 without DM) | Group 3 (patients with CKD stages 4–5 and DM) | Group 4 (patients with CKD stages 4–5 without DM) | Group 5 (overall patients) |
| Rank | Variable | Variable | Variable | Variable | Variable |
| 1 | eGFR(C) | eGFR(M) | eGFR(C) | eGFR(C) | eGFR(M) |
| 2 | eGFR(M) | eGFR(C) | eGFR(M) | eGFR(M) | eGFR(C) |
| 3 | eGFR(S) | BUN(C) | BUN(C) | BUN(C) | BUN(C) |
| 4 | UA(C) | BUN(M) | BUN(M) | BUN(M) | BUN(M) |
| 5 | Na(S) | UPCR(C) | Albumin(M) | P(M) | UPCR(C) |
| 6 | Na(M) | UA(M) | UPCR(M) | Hb(S) | Na(C) |
| 7 | Albumin(M) | eGFR(S) | UPCR(C) | BUN(S) | UPCR(M) |
| 8 | Albumin(C) | Hb(S) | P(M) | P(C) | UPCR(S) |
| 9 | iCa(M) | K(S) | DBP(S) | P(S) | SBP(C) |
| 10 | SBP(C) | UPCR(M) | SBP(C) | Albumin(C) | TG(M) |
eGFR(C): V17C; eGFR(M): V17M; eGFR(S): V17S; BUN(C): V6C; BUN(M): V6M; BUN(S): V6S; UA(C): V7C; UA(M): V7M; Na(C): V8C; Na(M): V8M; Na(S): V8S; UP(C): V16C; UP(M): V16M; UP(S): V16S; Albumin(C): V12C; Albumin(M): V12M; P(C): V11C; P(M): V11M; P(S): V11S; HB(S): V5S; iCa(M): V10M; K(S): V9S; SBP(C): V1C; SBP(S): V1S; DBP(S): V2S;TG(M): V13.