Evaluating Kidney Function Decline in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease Using a Multi-Institutional Electronic Health Record Database.
Caroline A GluckChristopher B ForrestAmy Goodwin DaviesMitchell MaltenfortJill R McdonaldMark M MitsnefesVikas R DharnidharkaBradley P DixonJoseph T FlynnMichael J SomersWilliam E SmoyerAlicia NeuCollin A HovingaAmy L SkverskyThomas EissingAndreas KaiserStefanie BreitensteinSusan L FurthMichelle R DenburgPublished in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2023)
In large-scale real-world data for children with CKD, disease etiology, albuminuria, hypertension, age, male sex, lower eGFR, and greater medical complexity at start of follow-up were associated with more rapid decline in kidney function.