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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2024

Predicting the risks of kidney failure and death in adults with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease: multinational, longitudinal, population based, cohort study.

Ping Liu, Simon Sawhney, Uffe Heide-Jørgensen, Robert Ross Quinn, Simon Kok Jensen, Andrew Mclean, Christian Fynbo Christiansen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Pietro Ravani

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07494526 (Research on the Prevention, Control, and Intelligent Management Decision-Making for Comorbidities of Chronic Kidney Disease and Metabolic Disorders in the Elderly), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07494526 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Research on the Prevention, Control, and Intelligent Management Decision-Making for Comorbidities of Chronic Kidney Disease and Metabolic Disorders in the Elderly

TypeobservationalSponsorChinese PLA General HospitalRan2026 to 2028Enrolled100,000ConditionsChronic Kidney Diease, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The kidney failure risk equation in people with CKD and multimorbidity: the effect of competing mortality risks.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2026
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  19. Frailty in Adults with CKD and Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in Frailty Subgroups.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025
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  20. Risk-directed management of chronic kidney disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ping LiuDepartments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Simon SawhneyAberdeen Centre for Health Data Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Uffe Heide-JørgensenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Robert Ross QuinnDepartments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Simon Kok JensenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Andrew McleanAberdeen Centre for Health Data Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Christian Fynbo ChristiansenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Thomas Alexander GerdsDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pietro RavaniDepartments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada pravani@ucalgary.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-6973-8570
Aarhus University Hospital · DKUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Aberdeen · GBUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo train and test a super learner strategy for risk prediction of kidney failure and mortality in people with incident moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (stage G3b to G4).

designMultinational, longitudinal, population based, cohort study. SETTINGS: Linked population health data from Canada (training and temporal testing), and Denmark and Scotland (geographical testing).

participantsPeople with newly recorded chronic kidney disease at stage G3b-G4, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 15-44 mL/min/1.73 m MODELLING: The super learner algorithm selected the best performing regression models or machine learning algorithms (learners) based on their ability to predict kidney failure and mortality with minimised cross-validated prediction error (Brier score, the lower the better). Prespecified learners included age, sex, eGFR, albuminuria, with or without diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The index of prediction accuracy, a measure of calibration and discrimination calculated from the Brier score (the higher the better) was used to compare KDpredict with the benchmark, kidney failure risk equation, which does not account for the competing risk of death, and to evaluate the performance of KDpredict mortality models.

results67 942 Canadians, 17 528 Danish, and 7740 Scottish residents with chronic kidney disease at stage G3b to G4 were included (median age 77-80 years; median eGFR 39 mL/min/1.73 m

conclusionsKDpredict could be incorporated into electronic medical records or accessed online to accurately predict the risks of kidney failure and death in people with moderate to severe CKD. The KDpredict learning strategy is designed to be adapted to local needs and regularly revised over time to account for changes in the underlying health system and care processes.

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Kidney Failure, ChronicRenal InsufficiencyRenal Insufficiency, ChronicAgedAged, 80 and overCanadaDenmarkGlomerular Filtration RateHumansLongitudinal StudiesScotland

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PMID38621801
PMCPMC11017135
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