Analysis of the kidney failure risk equation implementation in routine clinical practice and health inequalities in chronic kidney disease care: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

NICE guidelines recommend GPs use the kidney failure risk equation (KFRE) to identify people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at higher risk of kidney failure. Albuminuria results are required to calculate KFRE.

Aim

Analyse the implementation of KFRE into clinical practice and investigate if albuminuria testing varied amongst patients with CKD, particularly for underserved groups.

Design and setting

Retrospective cohort study of 23,063 adults in Glasgow from 2013 to 2022.

Method

We evaluated albuminuria testing rates and the predictive performance of KFRE in estimating 5-year kidney failure risk amongst people with CKD. Logistic regression models quantified associations between demographic/clinical variables and albuminuria testing. Amongst people w

SUBMITTER: Walker H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11881359 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature