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. 2013 Apr 2;14:75. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-75

Table 2.

Agreement between different kidney function estimators in diagnosing CKD stage 3–5 (kappa statistic and 95% confidence interval)

Estimator 1 Estimator 2 Men Women Total
Cockcroft-Gault
MDRD corrected
0.27 (0.13-0.40)
0.60 (0.52-0.68)
0.51 (0.44-0.58)
 
MDRD
0.57 (0.44-0.70)
0.52 (0.45-0.58)
0.53 (0.47-0.59)
 
CKD-EPI corrected
0.35 (0.20-0.47)
0.66 (0.58-0.74)
0.57 (0.49-0.64)
 
CKD-EPI
0.64 (0.52-0.76)
0.65 (0.59-0.72)
0.65 (0.59-0.71)
MDRD corrected
MDRD
0.46 (0.30-0.60)
0.41 (0.34-0.47)
0.42 (0.36-0.48)
 
CKD-EPI corrected
0.87 (0.71-0.97)
0.92 (0.87-0.96)
0.91 (0.86-0.95)
 
CKD-EPI
0.53 (0.34-0.70)
0.57 (0.49-0.65)
0.57 (0.50-0.64)
MDRD
CKD-EPI corrected
0.51 (0.35-0.64)
0.38 (0.32-0.45)
0.41 (0.34-0.47
 
CKD-EPI
0.85 (0.74-0.93)
0.78 (0.72-0.82)
0.79 (0.74-0.83)
CKD-EPI corrected CKD-EPI 0.58 (0.43-0.73) 0.54 (0.46-0.61) 0.55 (0.48-0.62)

CG, Cockcroft-Gault; CKD-EPI, Chronic Kidney Disease Collaboration Epidemiology; DBP, 4-v-MDRD, four variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease.