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. 2012 Feb 20;78(3):174–180. doi: 10.5414/CN107427

Table 2. Cross-sectional associations of APOE alleles with prevalent CKD.

APOE allele
OR (95% CI)
ε3 ε2 ε4
eGFRcreat
  N 2,470 513 861
  #CKD 634 132 184
  Unadjusted 1.00 (reference) 0.99 (0.81, 1.20) 0.79 (0.67, 0.93)
  Age + gender adjusted 1.00 (reference) 0.97 (0.79, 1.18) 0.82 (0.69, 0.98)
  Fully adjusted* 1.00 (reference) 1.01 (0.82, 1.25) 0.80 (0.68, 0.96)
eGFRcys
  N 2,470 513 861
  #CKD 693 143 200
  Unadjusted 1.00 (reference) 0.97 (0.81, 1.17) 0.77 (0.66, 0.91)
  Age + gender adjusted 1.00 (reference) 0.92 (0.75, 1.12) 0.81 (0.68, 0.96)
  Fully adjusted* 1.00 (reference) 0.88 (0.71, 1.09) 0.83 (0.69, 0.99)

*Fully adjusted model includes age, gender, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, antihypertensive medications, body mass index and prevalent coronary heart disease, low density lipoprotein, high density lipoproteins, triglycerides, lipid lowering medication use, and smoking status.