Table 3:

Adjusted rates of progression to kidney failure per 1000 person-years, by First Nations status, albuminuria level and estimated glomerular filtration rate

AlbuminuriaEstimated GFR, mL/min per 1.73 m2
Non–First Nations participantsFirst Nations participants
≥ 90.060.0–89.945.0–59.930.0–44.915.0–29.9≥ 90.060.0–89.945.0–59.930.0–44.915.0–29.9
Normal
 No. of events96912074652891636523530
 No. of participants559 096383 77641 14411 337245014 52439592815415
 Adjusted* rate (95% CI)0.48 (0.44–0.53)0.46 (0.42–0.51)0.76 (0.66–0.87)1.30 (1.11–1.51)3.44 (2.92–4.05)0.97 (0.63–1.49)0.84 (0.52–1.38)1.56 (0.79–3.05)2.75 (1.32–5.72)9.15 (4.71–17.79)
Mild
 No. of events2193851761861743115034
 No. of participants38093287586121288611962284646754016
 Adjusted* rate (95% CI)1.33 (1.16–1.53)1.27 (1.1–1.46)2.08 (1.75–2.46)3.56 (2.98–4.25)9.44 (7.85–11.34)2.18 (1.23–3.87)1.90 (1.03–3.51)3.50 (1.66–7.37)6.18 (2.82–13.58)20.57 (9.85–42.94)
Heavy
 No. of events1382621962673591119101525
 No. of participants4867448417051347892344156393434
 Adjusted* rate (95% CI)4.29 (3.69–4.97)4.08 (3.51–4.74)6.68 (5.64–7.93)11.46 (9.63–13.64)30.38 (25.57–36.10)7.35 (4.27–12.65)6.40 (3.62–11.31)11.79 (5.92–23.49)20.86 (10.48–41.50)69.37 (38.91–123.70)
Not measured
 No. of events1258195691676264318790382437
 No. of participants356 70426279339 76615 875486520 337503153118287
 Adjusted* rate (95% CI)0.89 (0.82–0.98)0.85 (0.77–0.93)1.39 (1.22–1.59)2.39 (2.06–2.76)6.33 (5.41–7.40)1.98 (1.52–2.57)1.72 (1.20–2.47)3.17 (1.80–5.60)5.61 (3.00–10.51)18.67 (10.77–32.36)
  • Note: CI = confidence interval, GFR = glomerular filtration rate.

  • * Adjusted for age (categories: 18 to < 40 yr, 40 to < 60 yr, 60 to < 75 yr and ≥ 75 yr), sex, diabetes, hypertension, location of residence, income quintile, specialist care and the comorbidities listed in Table 1. Interactions included in the model are ethnicity and albuminuria, and ethnicity and GFR.