Natalie Ebert, Olga Jakob, Jens Gaedeke, Markus van der Giet, Martin K Kuhlmann, Peter Martus, Nina Mielke, Mirjam Schuchardt, Markus Tölle, Volker Wenning, Elke S Schaeffner
Background: Although CKD is said to increase among older adults, epidemiologic data on kidney function in people ≥70 years of age are scarce. The Berlin Initiative Study (BIS) aims to fill this gap by evaluating the CKD burden in older adults. Methods: The BIS is a prospective population-based cohort study whose participants are members of Germany's biggest insurance company. This cross-sectional analysis (i) gives a detailed baseline characterization of the participants, (ii) analyses the representativeness of the cohort's disease profile, (iii) assesses GFR and albuminuria levels across age categories, (iv) associates cardiovascular risk factors with GFR as well as albuminuria and (v) compares means of GFR values according to different estimating equations with measured GFR...
June 1, 2017: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation