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. 2020 Nov 13;6(4):388–398. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.6566

Table 3. Slopes of Linear Mixed Models of Kidney Function Parameters Over Time by West African Ancestry Tertilesa.

Period Tertile 1 slope (95% CI) Tertile 2 slope (95% CI) Tertile 3 slope (95% CI) Overall P valueb
Standard treatment arm
Estimated glomerular filtration rate
≤6 mo 3.01 (−2.82 to 8.84) 3.84 (−2.47 to 10.15) 4.15 (−2.10 to 10.40) .96
>6 mo −0.32 (−1.36 to 0.72) −0.27 (−1.36 to 0.81) 0.04 (−1.47 to 1.54) .83
Blood urea nitrogen
≤6 mo 1.21 (−0.41 to 2.84) 0.23 (−1.57 to 2.03) 0.77 (−1.12 to 2.66) .72
>6 mo −0.04 (−0.35 to 0.27) −0.17 (−0.50 to 0.16) 0.19 (−0.20 to 0.58) .34
Urine albumin-creatinine ratio
≤6 mo 0.04 (−0.27 to 0.35) 0.08 (−0.29 to 0.45) −0.21 (−0.59 to 0.18) .93
>6 mo 0.05 (−0.03 to 0.12) 0.08 (0.01 to 0.16) 0.01 (−0.08 to 0.10) .66
Intensive treatment arm
Estimated glomerular filtration rate
≤6 mo −4.03 (−10.22 to 2.16) −4.55 (−10.81 to 1.71) −4.96 (−11.56 to 1.64) .98
>6 mo −0.59 (−1.59 to 0.42) −1.06 (−2.14 to 0.02) −0.87 (−0.20 to 0.25) .83
Blood urea nitrogen
≤6 mo 4.11 (2.09 to 6.12) 4.72 (2.77 to 6.67) 5.28 (2.87 to 7.70) .75
>6 mo −0.18 (−0.51 to 0.15) −0.04 (−0.43 to 0.35) 0.05 (−0.39 to 0.49) .72
Urine albumin-creatinine ratio
≤6 mo −0.29 (−0.62 to 0.03) −0.23 (−0.62 to 0.15) −0.57 (−0.92 to −0.22) .51
>6 mo 0.08 (0.01 to 0.15) 0.01 (−0.07 to 0.08) 0.03 (−0.05 to 0.11) .86
a

Models were adjusted for age, sex, education level, estimated glomerular filtration rate, history of cardiovascular disease, trial site, and APOL1 risk count.

b

Overall P value from analysis of variance using the Wald test for comparison of slopes across the 3 groups.