Table 2.

Adjusted odds ratios of being referred late to a pediatric renal center by patient-specific variables

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% LCL	95% UCL	P Value
Age at presentation, yr
0–<1	0.21	0.13	0.34	<0.001
1–1.9	0.61	0.36	1.04	0.07
2–3.9	0.41	0.24	0.71	<0.001
4–7.9	0.45	0.29	0.68	<0.001
8–11.9	1
12–16	3.70	2.53	5.39	<0.001
Gender
Female	1.70	1.30	2.24	<0.001
Male	1
Ethnicitya
Black	1.21	0.60	2.46	0.59
Other	1.91	1.04	3.52	0.04
South Asian	0.76	0.52	1.12	0.16
White	1
Time period at start of RRT
1996–2001	0.96	0.69	1.34	0.80
2002–2007	0.93	0.67	1.30	0.67
2008–2012	1
Primary renal diagnosisb
Congenital nephrotic syndrome	1.46	0.74	2.87	0.28
Drug nephrotoxicity	1.67	0.61	4.61	0.32
Glomerular disease	1.60	1.12	2.29	0.01
Malignancy and associated disease	4.11	1.57	10.72	0.004
Metabolic	0.75	0.35	1.58	0.45
Obstructive uropathy	0.53	0.29	0.97	0.04
Polycystic kidney disease	1.10	0.43	2.85	0.84
Renovascular disease	2.14	0.98	4.65	0.05
Tubulo-interstitial diseases	2.37	1.49	3.78	<0.001
Uncertain etiology	5.75	3.10	10.65	<0.001
Renal dysplasia and/or reflux nephropathy	1

LCL, lower confidence limit; UCL, upper confidence limit.

^an=6 missing ethnicity.

^bn=11 missing PRD.