Mortality rates and age- and sex-adjusted rate ratios by (A-D) baseline eGFR group and acute kidney injury (AKI; 1-3 denote severity stage). Abbreviations: AKI, acute kidney injury; ref, reference group; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate. Note the log scale: each increment on the y axis represents a doubling of mortality rates.
Modified from Sawhney et al.,7http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.05.018 under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).