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. 2013 Mar 19;8(3):e57240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057240

Table 2. Overall limits of agreement between eGFR and rGFR (n = 101).

mean±SD correlation analysis Bland-Altman analysis
r P Mean differences 95% AL acceptable limits* Out of limitsn (%)
rGFR 54.16±29.45 - - - - - -
eGFR1 56.60±29.70 0.7734 0.0000 −2.4 −51.8–46.9 98.7 6(5.94)
eGFR2 58.21±44.50 0.7774 0.0000 −4.1 −59.8–51.7 111.5 4(3.96)
eGFR3 48.44±±30.04 0.8600 0.0000 5.7 −25.2–36.6 61.8 5(4.95)
eGFR4 51.00±35.10 0.8510 0.0000 3.2 −33.0–39.3 72.3 6(5.94)
eGFR5 55.06±32.68 0.8600 0.0000 −0.9 −33.7–31.9 65.6 5(4.95)
eGFR6 56.96±39.07 0.8556 0.0000 −2.8 −43.2–37.6 80.8 5(4.95)
eGFR7 54.47±28.06 0.8729 0.0000 −0.3 −28.8–28.2 57.0 7(6.93)
eGFR8 52.59±27.07 0.8591 0.0000 1.6 −28.2–31.3 59.5 7(6.93)

Note: Units are mL/min·1.73 m2; 95% AL, 95% agreement limits. *Acceptable tolerance for the difference between rGFR and eGFR was defined as 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. r is the Person's correlation coefficient between eGFR and rGFR.