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Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Mar 19;62(1):42–51. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.01.016

Table 4.

NRI values comparing multivariable adjusted models including a single filtration marker (eGFRcr) to additional filtration markers

Continuous NRI Categorical NRI**
Event NRI Non-event NRI Overall NRI (95% CI) Event NRI Non-event NRI Overall NRI (95% CI)
Adding Cystatin C, BTP, and B2M to eGFRcr and Risk Factors
All participants
 All-cause mortality 0.226 0.222 0.448 (0.393, 0.504) 0.006 0.012 0.018 (0.005, 0.031)
 CVD mortality 0.278 0.098 0.376 (0.302, 0.450) 0.005 0.032 0.037 (0.009, 0.064)
 CHD mortality 0.312 0.112 0.424 (0.330, 0.518) 0.041 0.027 0.067 (0.027, 0.108)
Participants with eGFRcr ≥60mL/min/1.73m2
 All-cause mortality 0.316 0.211 0.527 (0.473, 0.580) 0.012 0.002 0.014 (0.0004, 0.028)*
 CVD mortality 0.392 0.058 0.449 (0.378, 0.521) 0.032 0.022 0.055 (0.027, 0.083)
 CHD mortality 0.342 0.132 0.474 (0.381, 0.567) 0.051 0.018 0.070 (0.027, 0.113)
Adding Cystatin C to eGFRcr and Risk Factors
 All-cause mortality 0.194 0.145 0.339 (0.281, 0.397) 0.002 0.008 0.010 (−0.001, 0.021)
 CVD mortality 0.321 0.008 0.329 (0.255, 0.404) 0.001 0.023 0.025 (0.002, 0.047)*
 CHD mortality 0.426 0.019 0.446 (0.357, 0.535) 0.046 0.010 0.056 (0.017, 0.095)
Adding BTP and B2M to Cystatin C and eGFRcr and Risk Factors
 All-cause mortality 0.187 −0.0137 0.174 (0.120, 0.227) 0.004 0.004 0.008 (−0.004, 0.019)
 CVD mortality 0.244 0.074 0.318 (0.243, 0.393) 0.002 0.010 0.012 (−0.010,0.033)
 CHD mortality 0.130 0.142 0.273 (0.171, 0.374) −0.002 0.017 0.015 (−0.016, 0.046)

Note: Adjusted for age, sex, race, diabetes, current smoking status, systolic blood pressure, hypertension medication use, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, natural log(triglycerides), prevalent CHD, C-reactive protein (<0.22 mg/dL, 0.22–<1.00 mg/dL, ≥1.00 mg/dL), and natural log(urinary albumin-creatinine ratio).

*

p≤0.05,

p≤0.01,

p≤0.001

**

10-year risk categories: <0.05, 0.05–0.20, >0.20.

NRI, net reclassification improvement; eGFRcr, creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate; BTP, β-trace protein; B2M, β2-microglobulin; CVD, cardiovascular disease; CHD, coronary heart disease; CI, confidence interval

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