Age and Association of Kidney Measures With Mortality and End-stage Renal Disease

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined by reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR 2) or kidney damage (usually detected by high albuminuria; eg, ≥30 mg of albumin per 1 g of creatinine).¹ Chronic kidney disease affects 10% to 15% of adults in the United States, Europe, and Asia,^2-4 and the prevalence increases dramatically with age (from 4% at age 20-39 to 47% at age ≥70 years in the United States).²