Table 1.

Risk categories for kidney and mortality outcomes, by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria or proteinuria stage

Notes: Green indicates low risk (if no other markers of kidney disease, no CKD); yellow indicates moderately increased risk; orange indicates high risk; red indicates very high risk. Reprinted with permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Kidney Int Suppl. 2013;3:1–150. Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). 2012 clinical practice guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease. Copyright © 2013.15

Abbreviation: CKD, chronic kidney disease.