Skip to main content
. 2013 Jan 31;8(5):739–748. doi: 10.2215/CJN.02410312

Table 2.

Prevalence of undocumented CKD by patient, practitioner, and laboratory report characteristics

Predictor Subjects with Undocumented CKD N (%)
Overall By Sex By Type of Laboratory Report
Males Females SCr-Only Reporting Automatic Reporting eGFR
All subjects 449 (51.9) 237 (54.2) 212 (49.5)
 Males 159 (44.8) 86 (43.0) 73 (47.1)
 Females 290 (56.9) 151 (65.7) 139 (50.9)
eGFR at inclusion (ml/min per 1.73 m2)
 40–59 88 (62.4) 74 (58.8) 14 (93.3) 43 (60.6) 45 (64.3)
 30–44 318 (55.5) 77 (38.9) 241 (63.4) 172 (59.7) 146 (51.2)
 <30 43 (25.5) 8 (22.2) 35 (30.4) 22 (28.2) 21 (28.7)
Subject age (yr)
 <60 51 (50.5) 25 (49.0) 26 (52.0) 30 (53.6) 21 (46.7)
 60–75 108 (44.4) 38 (37.2) 70 (49.7) 53 (46.5) 55 (42.6)
 75–85 180 (56.3) 65 (49.6) 115 (60.9) 91 (55.2) 89 (57.4)
 >85 110 (54.7) 31 (43.7) 79 (60.8) 63 (61.8) 47 (47.5)
Comorbid conditions
 No diabetes mellitus 271 (55.7) 83 (48.3) 188 (59.7) 155 (60.3) 116 (50.4)
 Diabetes mellitus 178 (47.1) 76 (41.5) 102 (52.3) 82 (45.6) 96 (48.5)
 No hypertension 85 (61.6) 36 (50.0) 49 (74.2) 45 (72.6) 40 (52.6)
 Hypertension 364 (50.1) 123 (43.5) 241 (54.3) 192 (562) 172 (48.9)
Practitioner training
 Nurse practitioner or physician assistant 59 (57.8) 16 (53.3) 43 (59.7) 38 (71.7) 21 (42.9)
 Doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine 390 (51.1) 143 (44.0) 247 (56.4) 199 (51.8) 191 (50.4)
Practitioner experience (yr)
 <20 212 (47.2) 68 (37.8) 144 (53.5) 161 (53.3) 51 (34.7)
 ≥20 237 (57.0) 91 (52.0) 146 (60.6) 76 (56.3) 161 (57.3)

SCr, serum creatinine; eGFR, estimated GFR.