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. 2009 Feb;4(2):419–427. doi: 10.2215/CJN.04080808

Table 2.

Utilities by health state in quality-adjusted life years (QALY)

Health state Utilities (QALY)
Source
Base Case Range
Lower Upper
TN-CKD 1 1 1
CKD (FN-CKD and TP-CKD) 0.79 0.71 0.87 TTO, HUI (30)
ESRD 0.64 0.14 0.9 All values from Tengs (31)
FP-CKD 1 0.95 1 Estimate

TN-CKD, no chronic kidney disease stages 3 to 4 (glomerular filtration rate ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2); CKD, chronic kidney disease stages 3 to 4 (glomerular filtration rate 15 to 59 ml/min/1.73 m2); FN-CKD, undetected chronic kidney disease stages 3 to 4; TP-CKD, detected chronic kidney disease stages 3 to 4; ESRD, end stage renal disease (glomerular filtration rate < 15 ml/min/1.73 m2); FP-CKD, false-positive chronic kidney disease due to false positive test result; TTO, time trade-off; HUI-3, Health Utilities Index.