Table 3.

Projected lifetime number of kidney- and survival-related outcomes, according to starting estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR; in mL/minute/1.73 m²) at onset, hazard ratio for eGFR decline, assuming age 60 years at onset

Starting eGFR	Hazard ratio for ESRD	eGFR decline per year	Outcome
			Life-years	QALYs per subject	Time to ESRD (y)	Number per 1,000 subjects reaching ESRD
60	1.0	4.6	15.2	13.0	10.3	100
	0.9	4.6	15.2	13.0	10.3	84
	0.8	4.6	15.2	13.0	10.4	68
	0.7	4.5	15.3	13.0	10.4	54
52.5	1.0	4.6	14.8	12.6	10.2	148
	0.9	4.5	14.8	12.6	10.2	126
	0.8	4.5	14.8	12.6	10.3	105
	0.7	4.5	14.8	12.6	10.3	84
37.5	1.0	4.2	13.3	11.2	9.4	353
	0.9	4.2	13.4	11.3	9.6	314
	0.8	4.2	13.4	11.4	9.8	273
	0.7	4.2	13.5	11.4	9.9	230
22.5	1.0	3.1	11.3	9.3	7.7	677
	0.9	3.1	11.6	9.6	8.1	630
	0.8	3.1	11.8	9.8	8.6	575
	0.7	3.2	12.0	10.0	9.0	509

Abbreviations: QALY, quality-adjusted life-year; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; y, years.