Annual eGFR decline rate

Male sex is associated with annual eGFR decline rate in humans (1.75 versus 1.41 mL/min/1.73 m(2)/year).

“Mean MDRD eGFR decline rate was steeper in men than in women, 1.75 versus 1.41 mL/min/1.73 m(2)/year.”

HumansMDRD equation4 yearsmen versus womensn = 1,298

Epidemiology and prognostic significance of chronic kidney disease in the elderly--the Three-City prospective cohort study

Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association·15 Jun 2011