Research Article

Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in the Colombian Population

Table 2

Hazard ratios for kidney failure of the component variables in the original vs. external cohort 4 variable equation.

4-Variable equationHazard ratio (95% CI) originalHazard ratio (95% CI) external validation

Age per 1-0 years older0.80 (0.75–0.86)0.74 (0.69–0.79)
Male sex1.26 (1.04–1.58)1.27 (1.02–1.59)
eGFR per 5 mL/min/1.73 m20.57 (0.54–0.61)0.55 (0.51–0.59)
uACR per log increase1.60 (1.44–1.71)1.64 (1.50–1.79)

CI, confidence interval; uACR, urinary albumin-creatinine ratio; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.