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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2009 Jan 28;75(10):1071–1078. doi: 10.1038/ki.2008.698

Table 3.

Risk of adverse outcomes with creatinine clearance (CrCl) among an age-stratified sample of 664 Rochester, Minnesota residents across methods used to measure or estimate creatinine generation

Urinary CrCl
eCrClMuscle
eCrClAge,Sex
eCrClAge,Muscle
Hazard ratios (95% confidence interval)
Adverse outcome per 30 ml/min per 1.73m2 decline
Mortality 2.7 (2.3, 3.2) 2.9 (2.3, 3.5) 3.6 (2.9, 4.4) 3.5 (2.9, 4.2)
Cardiovascular disease 1.7 (1.4, 1.9) 1.8 (1.3, 2.4) 2.1 (1.7, 2.5) 2.1 (1.7, 2.5)
Coronary artery disease 1.4 (1.2, 1.7) 1.5 (1.1, 1.9) 1.8 (1.4, 2.3) 1.8 (1.4, 2.2)
Heart failure 2.3 (1.9, 2.9) 2.2 (1.6, 3.0) 3.1 (2.3, 4.0) 2.8 (2.2, 3.7)
Stroke 1.9 (1.5, 2.4) 2.1 (1.5, 2.8) 2.1 (1.6, 2.8) 2.2 (1.7, 3.0)
Peripheral vascular disease 1.7 (1.4, 2.1) 1.8 (1.3, 2.3) 2.0 (1.5, 2.5) 2.0 (1.6, 2.6)
60-89 vs ≥90 ml/min per 1.73m2

Mortality 4.2 (3.0, 5.9) 3.3 (2.4, 4.6) 4.8 (3.4, 6.6) 4.0 (2.9, 5.6)
Cardiovascular disease 1.9 (1.3, 2.7) 2.0 (1.4, 2.8) 3.1 (2.2, 4.3) 3.1 (2.2, 4.3)
Coronary artery disease 1.5 (0.9, 2.3) 1.3 (0.8, 2.0) 1.9 (1.2, 2.9) 1.9 (1.3, 2.9)
Heart failure 3.4 (2.1, 5.5) 1.9 (1.2, 3.1) 4.2 (2.6, 6.7) 3.7 (2.3, 6.0)
Stroke 2.4 (1.4, 3.9) 2.6 (1.6, 4.1) 2.9 (1.8, 4.6) 2.9 (1.8, 4.7)
Peripheral vascular disease 2.0 (1.3, 3.2) 2.0 (1.3, 3.1) 3.0 (1.9, 4.6) 3.5 (2.3, 5.4)
<60 vs ≥90 ml/min per 1.73m2

Mortality 8.8 (5.9, 13) 11 (6.4, 18) 16 (9.8, 25) 18 (11, 27)
Cardiovascular disease 3.1 (1.8, 5.0) 7.0 (3.3, 13) 8.1 (4.2, 14) 7.5 (3.8, 14)
Coronary artery disease 1.9 (0.9, 3.5) 4.2 (1.6, 8.8) 4.8 (2.2, 9.2) 4.8 (2.1, 9.4)
Heart failure 6.3 (3.4, 11) 11 (5.6, 21) 13 (6.8, 25) 15 (7.6, 27)
Stroke 3.9 (1.9, 7.4) 5.0 (1.5, 12) 7.9 (3.3, 16) 7.9 (3.4, 16)
Peripheral vascular disease 3.6 (1.9, 6.5) 4.7 (1.8, 10) 6.7 (3.0, 13) 9.3 (4.4, 18)

eCrCl, estimated creatinine clearance.