kidney.epi (version 1.3.0)

nephro.kdigo_risk_category: Calculate KDIGO risk categories

Description

Calculate KDIGO risk categories

Usage

nephro.kdigo_risk_category(gfr_cat, alb_cat)

Value

string risk category.

Arguments

gfr_cat

Character vector. eGFR categories coded as G1, G2, G3a, G3b, G4, G5.

alb_cat

Character vector. Albuminuria categories coded as A1, A2, A3.

Author

Programming: Boris Bikbov https://www.linkedin.com/in/boris-bikbov.

Details

Calculate KDIGO risk of complications categories (Low, Moderate, High, Very high) based on eGFR and albuminuria grades.

Citation: Bikbov B. kidney.epi: Kidney-Related Functions for Clinical and Epidemiological Research. Scientific-Tools.Org, https://Scientific-Tools.Org. DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.kidney.epi

Examples

# for a single patient
nephro.kdigo_risk_category (gfr_cat = "G2", alb_cat = "A3")
# for a dataset - see vignettes for details
# nephro.kdigo_risk_category (gfr_cat = dta$gfr_cat, alb_cat = dta$alb_cat)