Table 7. Assessment of clinical impact of chronic kidney disease staging according to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria using adjusted and unadjusted CKD-EPI-GFR equation in a cohort of people of self-reported ‘Black Ethnicity’ receiving nephrology care in the United Kingdom (excluding patients receiving dialysis).
| Cohort Characteristics | N = 2237 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 57.7 (17.2) | ||
| Male, N (%) | 1102 (49.3%) | ||
| Renal Transplant N (%) | 154 (7.0%) | ||
| eGFR categories (ml/min/1.73m2) [excluding patients with transplants] N (%) N = 2081 | CKD-EPI with ethnicity adjustment | CKD-EPI without ethnicity adjustment | Patients with incorrect classification using ethnicity adjustment |
| >90 | 620 (29.7%) | 410 (19.7%) | 210 (33.9%) |
| 60–89 | 496 (23.8%) | 535 (25.7%) | 171 (34.5%) |
| 30–59 | 582 (27.9%) | 662 (32.5%) | 91 (15.6%) |
| 15–29 | 264 (12.7%) | 324 (15.6%) | 31 (11.7%) |
| <15 | 121 (5.8%) | 152 (7.3%) | 0 |
| eGFR <20mls/min/1.73m 2 (including patients with transplants) | 205 (9.2%) | 279 (12.5%) | 74 (26.5%) |
CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; eGFR: estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate.