Table 1 Terms used in our review to identify statistical methods used to investigate risk factors of CKD outcomes
General topic | Specific terms used | Position in the paper |
|---|---|---|
CKD | • Chronic kidney disease, CKD | Title in Search 1 |
|  | • Kidney function, renal function |  |
|  | • Glomerular filtration rate, GFR | Title, key words or abstract in Search 2 |
|  | • Albuminuria, proteinuria |  |
|  | • Kidney disease, renal disease |  |
|  | • Dialysis, end-stage renal disease, ESRD, kidney transplant |  |
Statistical method | • Proportional hazard(s), Cox, time-to-event analysis(es), accelerated failure time | Title, key words or abstract in Search 1 |
|  | • Frailty, shared | Title in Search 2 |
|  | • Competing |  |
|  | • Joint |  |
|  | • Linear regression(s), linear model(s) |  |
|  | • Logistic regression(s), logistic model(s) |  |
|  | • Generalized, GEE |  |
|  | • Mixed model(s), mixed effect(s) |  |
|  | • Poisson |  |
|  | • Multi(−)state(s), illness-death, Markov |  |
|  | • Trajectory(ies) |  |
|  | • Latent |  |
|  | • Longitudinal |  |
|  | • Mixture, GMM |  |
Study design | • Case–control, cohort, clinical trial, prospective, retrospective | Key words in Search 1 |
Not specified in Search 2 |