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. 2011 Aug 9;174(5):604–612. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwr121

Table 3.

Chronic Kidney Disease-Specific Parameter Estimates of Generalized Gamma Models for Annualized Glomerular Filtration Rate Ratio by Baseline Glomerular Filtration Rate Level, Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study, 2005–2010

Baseline GFR Level
≤45 mL/minute/1.73 m2
>45 mL/minute/1.73 m2
Nonglomerular CKD (n = 212) Glomerular CKD (n = 45) P Valuea Nonglomerular CKD (n = 208) Glomerular CKD (n = 64) P Valuea
Location: β −0.013 0.047 0.16 −0.017 −0.036 0.54
Scale: σ 0.117 0.121 0.90 0.098 0.137 0.02
Shape: κ 0.903 3.002 0.02 0.602 1.450 0.02
    95% confidence interval 0.61, 1.20 1.29, 4.71 0.37, 0.83 0.77, 2.13

Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; GFR, glomerular filtration rate.

a

P values for the difference between nonglomerular and glomerular CKD parameter estimates.