Table 2:

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease, end-stage kidney disease and Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes risk groups among First Nations people and other people in Ontario as of Sept. 30, 2015

VariableFirst Nations peopleOther people in Crude prevalence, no. (%)
Ontario, prevalence, no. (%)Age- and sex-standardized prevalence, % (95% CI)
n = 15 344*n = 1 103 739*
Chronic kidney disease (based on eGFR < 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2)2121 (13.8)20.7 (19.9–21.5)202 772 (18.4)
End-stage kidney disease (based on eGFR < 15 mL/min per 1.73 m2)113 (0.7)0.8 (0.7–1.0)3000 (0.3)
Treatment for end-stage kidney diseasen = 21 968n = 1 302 177
 Receipt of kidney transplant67 (0.3)0.4 (0.3–0.5)2627 (0.2)
 Receipt of long-term dialysis355 (1.6)1.7 (1.5–1.9)7161 (0.5)
Risk of kidney-disease–related adverse events (based on KDIGO)16n = 10 746n = 768 569
 Low6191 (57.6)51.7 (50.7–52.7)490 934 (63.9)
 Moderately increased§2642 (24.6)25.3 (24.4–26.3)163 692 (21.3)
 High1099 (10.2)12.0 (11.3–12.8)64 250 (8.4)
 Very high**814 (7.6)10.8 (10.0–11.5)49 693 (6.5)
  • Note: CI = confidence interval, eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate, KDIGO = Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes.

  • * Analysis restricted to people with a serum creatinine value.

  • Analysis restricted to people with both serum creatinine and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) values.

  • Defined as eGFR ≥ 90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR < 3 mg/mmol, or eGFR 60 to < 90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR < 3 mg/mmol.

  • § Defined as eGFR ≥ 90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR 3–30 mg/mmol, eGFR 60 to < 90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR 3–30 mg/mmol, or eGFR 45 to < 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR < 3 mg/mmol.

  • Defined as eGFR ≥ 90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR > 30 mg/mmol, eGFR 60 to < 90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR > 30 mg/mmol, eGFR 45 to < 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR 3–30 mg/mmol, or eGFR 30 to < 45 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR < 3 mg/mmol.

  • ** Defined as eGFR 45 to < 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR > 30 mg/mmol, eGFR 30 to < 45 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR 3–30 mg/mmol, eGFR 30 to < 45 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR > 30 mg/mmol, eGFR 15 to < 30 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR < 3 mg/mmol, eGFR 15 to < 30 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR 3–30 mg/mmol, eGFR 15 to < 30 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR > 30 mg/mmol, eGFR < 15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR < 3 mg/mmol, eGFR < 15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR 3–30 mg/mmol, or eGFR < 15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 with ACR > 30 mg/mmol.