Comparison of the Predictive Values of CKD in Each Surrogate Maker of Obesity.

a Adjusted for age, smoking status, alcohol drinking behavior, regular exercise, hypertension, increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperuricemia, diabetes mellitus, urine occult blood, hemoglobin and preserved eGFR at baseline. Cox proportional-hazards models were used to calculate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Definitions of these confounding factors are shown in Table 1.CI, confidence interval; Q1, lowest quartiles; Q2, second quartiles; Q3, third quartiles; Q4, highest quartiles.