Prevalence and variation of Chronic Kidney Disease in the Irish health system: initial findings from the National Kidney Disease Surveillance Programme

Table 4 Prevalence of detectable CKD (95% confidence intervals) restricted to patients over 45

	CKD-EPI	95% CI	MDRD	95% CI
Prevalence based on North West Regional Database (%) ¹
Overall	9.7	(9.6-9.9)	10.9	(10.8-11.1)
Women	11.0	(10.8-11.2)	12.9	(12.7-13.1)
Men	8.4	(8.2-8.6)*	8.9	(8.7-9.1)
Prevalence based on SLAN Survey (%) ²
Overall	11.6	(9.0-14.2)	15.7	(12.7,18.7)
Women³	11.2	(7.3,15.2)
Men	12.0	(9.0,14.2)

¹Population estimates were determined for 2006 and 2011 using the Irish Population censes, restricted to individuals age ≥18 years of age.
²Based on a criterion of eGFR ≤60 ml/min/1.73 m².
³Gender stratified prevalence estimated, based on the MDRD equation were not reported in Browne et al. [18]. *P<0.001 for comparison with women.

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