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. 2009 Apr 7;30(3):171–178. doi: 10.1159/000212381

Table 2.

Association of age, sex and race with rapid decline in kidney function in the elderly

ΔeGFRcrea ≤–3.01 ml/min/1.73 m2 (n = 714)
ΔeGFRcys ≤–3.01 ml/min/1.73 m2 (n = 1,083)
events
OR (95% CI)
p value
events
OR (95% CI)
p value
Age
 65–69 years 228 1.00 (ref.) 351 1.00 (ref.)
 70–74 years 232 1.59 (1.28, 1.97) 0.002 383 1.38 (1.16, 1.65) <0.001
 75–79 years 153 2.00 (1.56, 2.57) <0.001 220 1.62 (1.31, 1.99) <0.001
 ≥80 years 101 3.90 (2.88, 5.28) <0.001 141 2.96 (2.28, 3.84) <0.001
African-American 1.22 (0.96, 1.54) 0.104 1.19 (0.97, 1.45) 0.11
Male sex 0.51 (0.41, 0.62) <0.001 1.02 (0.87, 1.21) 0.80

Odds ratios adjusted for prevalent cardiovascular disease and kidney risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, smoking, HDL, LDL, baseline kidney measure)