TABLE 5.

Multinomial Logistic Regression Analyses for Associations between Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet ^£ Accordance and Incident Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or eGFR Decline ≥ 25%^* (N = 1534)

Model	Variable Included	Incident CKD (eGFR < 60 at follow-up)*	eGFR decline ≥ 25%
		N events = 38	N event = 65
		Risk Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
1	Low versus Higher DASH Accordance	1.52 (0.92, 2.52)	1.23 (0.75, 2.02)
2	+ age, sex, race	1.49 (0.84, 2.63)	1.36 (0.78, 2.37)
3	+ poverty status*	1.48 (0.84, 2.61)	1.30 (0.76, 2.23)

^£Individuals meeting the DASH target for a nutrient received a score of 1 while those who achieved the intermediate target for a nutrient received a score of 0.5 for that nutrient, for a total possible accordance score of 9. Persons with accordance scores falling between 0–1.0 were defined as low DASH accordance, while those with higher DASH accordance had scores between 1.5 and 8.0.

^*Incident CKD was defined as follow-up eGFR below 60 mL/min per 1.73 m².