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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 Feb 27;78(4):530–540.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.01.009

Table 2.

Cross-sectional Association between Urine Biomarkers of Kidney Tubule Injury and Dysfunction and Frailty in 2253 SPRINT Participants with CKD

Frailty Index
Biomarker Frailty Continuous (range 0.007 – 0.559) Fit (FI ≤ 0.10) Less fit (0.10 < FI ≤ 0.21) Frail (FI > 0.21)
(range 0.007 – 0.559) OR (95% CI)
Log 2 IL-18, pg/mL
 Unadjusted 0.01 (0.002, 0.01)*** - 1.05 (0.94, 1.18) 1.17 (1.04, 1.32)*
 Adjusteda 0.003 (−0.0004, 0.01) - 1.06 (0.85, 1.31) 1.12 (0.89, 1.41)
 Adjusted + eGFR & albuminb 0.002 (−0.002, 0.005) - 1.00 (0.79, 1.28) 1.06 (0.82, 1.37)
Log 2 NGAL, ng/mL
 Unadjusted 0.003 (0.001, 0.01)** - 1.05 (0.96, 1.14) 1.13 (1.03, 1.24)**
 Adjusteda 0.001 (−0.001, 0.003) 1.21 (1.01, 1.44)* 1.23 (1.02, 1.49)*
 Adjusted + eGFR & albumin −0.001 (−0.003, 0.002) 1.14 (0.95, 1.37) 1.13 (0.93, 1.38)
Log 2 YKL-40, pg/mL
 Unadjusted 0.001 (−0.0001, 0.003) - 0.97 (0.91, 1.04) 1.01 (0.84, 1.08)
 Adjusteda 0.0003 (−0.002, 0.002) 0.99 (0.87, 1.12) 0.99 (0.86, 1.13)
 Adjusted + eGFR & albumin 0.0002 (−0.002, 0.002) 0.98 (0.85, 1.13) 0.99 (0.85, 1.15)
Log 2 KIM-1, pg/mL
 Unadjusted 0.01 (0.003, 0.01)*** - 1.10 (1.01, 1.20)* 1.19 (1.09, 1.31)***
 Adjusteda 0.01 (0.003, 0.01)*** 1.16 (0.99, 1.34) 1.36 (1.14, 1.63)**
 Adjusted + eGFR & albuminb 0.004, (0.001, 0.01)** 1.09 (0.91, 1.30) 1.22 (1.01, 1.49)*
Log 2 MCP-1, pg/mL
 Unadjusted 0.01 (0.003, 0.01)*** - 1.11 (0.99, 1.23) 1.24 (1.10, 1.39)***
 Adjusteda 0.01 (0.002, 0.01)*** 1.12 (0.93, 1.36) 1.37 (1.10, 1.69)**
 Adjusted + eGFR & albuminb 0.004 (0.001, 0.01)** 1.08 (0.87, 1.33) 1.30 (1.04, 1.64)*
Log 2 α1M, mg/g
 Unadjusted 0.01 (0.005, 0.01)*** - 1.06 (0.94, 1.19) 1.25 (1.11, 1.42)***
 Adjusteda 0.01 (0.01, 1.02)*** 1.41 (1.13, 1.75)** 1.91 (1.50, 2.43)***
 Adjusted + eGFR & albuminb 0.01 (0.004, 0.01)*** 1.18 (0.91, 1.54) 1.48 (1.11, 1.96)**
Log 2 β2M, ng/mL
 Unadjusted 0.0004 (−0.0001, 0.002) - 0.98 (0.93, 1.04) 1.00 (0.95, 1.06)
 Adjusteda 0.002 (0.0003, 0.003)* 1.07 (0.98, 1.18) 1.11 (1.00, 1.22)*
 Adjusted + eGFR & albuminb 0.0004 (−0.001, 0.002) 1.03 (0.93, 1.14) 1.02 (0.92, 1.14)
Log 2 Umod, ng/mL
 Unadjusted −0.01 (−0.01, −0.01)*** - 0.99 (0.85, 1.15) 0.80 (0.68, 0.93)**
 Adjusteda −0.01 (−0.01, −0.003)** 1.04 (0.78, 1.38) 0.90 (0.66, 1.22)
 Adjusted + eGFR & albuminb −0.002 (−0.01, 0.002) 1.26 (0.92, 1.73) 1.30 (0.93, 1.82)
Log 2 albumin, mg/L
 Unadjusted 0.005 (0.003, 0.01)*** - 1.05 (0.98, 1.13) 1.16 (1.08, 1.25)***
 Adjusteda 0.005 (0.003, 0.01)*** 1.20 (1.05, 1.37)** 1.31 (1.14, 1.51)***
 Adjusted + eGFR 0.003 (0.001, 0.004)** 1.12 (0.97, 1.29) 1.15 (0.99, 1.34)

Note.IL-18, interleukin-18; KIM-1, kidney injury molecule-1; NGAL, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; β2M, β2-microglobulin; α1M, α1-microglobulin; Umod, uromodulin.

a

Adjusted for age, race, sex, body mass index, alcohol use, years of education, insurance status, baseline systolic and diastolic blood pressure, smoking status, and urine creatinine.

B

Adjusted for all variables listed above and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and Log2 albumin.

*

P<0.05;

**

P<0.01;

***

P<0.001