Table 3 Risk of ESRD by AMD and visual disability according to age, sex, baseline kidney function, and cardiometabolic comorbidities.

From: Increased end-stage renal disease risk in age-related macular degeneration: a nationwide cohort study with 10-year follow-up

 

Subjects (N)

End-stage renal disease

Case (N)

IR per 1,000 person-years

aHR (95% CI)

P for interaction

Age group

5064

Non-AMD

2,886,066

10,564

0.36

1 (Ref.)

 < 0.001

AMD without VD

17,789

234

1.30

1.97 (1.73–2.24)

AMD with VD

1,278

30

2.34

3.17 (2.21–4.54)

6574

Non-AMD

1,003,820

8,220

0.84

1 (Ref.)

AMD without VD

22,305

285

1.32

1.10 (0.98–1.24)

AMD with VD

1,767

48

2.90

1.85 (1.40–2.46)

75-

Non-AMD

263,359

2,258

1.03

1 (Ref.)

AMD without VD

9,665

100

1.24

0.89 (0.73–1.09)

AMD with VD

813

20

3.05

1.62 (1.04–2.51)

Sex

Male

Non-AMD

2,013,798

13,060

0.66

1 (Ref.)

0.076

AMD without VD

20,927

346

1.79

1.25 (1.13–1.40)

AMD with VD

1,856

57

3.46

1.73 (1.33–2.25)

Female

Non-AMD

2,139,447

7,982

0.37

1 (Ref.)

AMD without VD

28,832

273

0.96

1.28 (1.13–1.44)

AMD with VD

2,002

41

2.11

2.76 (2.03–3.75)

Baseline kidney function (eGFR*)

 ≥ 60

Non-AMD

3,729,357

8,874

0.24

1 (Ref.)

 < 0.001

AMD without VD

41,538

240

0.60

1.66 (1.46–1.89)

AMD with VD

3,173

30

1.00

2.62 (1.83–3.74)

30 ≥ , < 60

Non-AMD

346,472

8,301

2.53

1 (Ref.)

AMD without VD

7,230

256

3.92

0.93 (0.82–1.06)

AMD with VD

616

55

10.40

1.85 (1.42–2.41)

 < 30

Non-AMD

77,416

3867

5.16

1 (Ref.)

AMD without VD

991

123

14.28

1.62 (1.35–1.94)

AMD with VD

69

13

25.99

1.63 (0.95–2.80)

Any of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or dyslipidemia

No

Non-AMD

1,628,379

1,721

0.10

1 (Ref.)

 < 0.001

AMD without VD

12,995

39

0.30

2.42 (1.76–3.32)

AMD with VD

1,052

7

0.69

5.08 (2.42–10.68)

Yes

Non-AMD

2,524,866

19,321

0.78

1 (Ref.)

AMD without VD

36,764

580

1.66

1.22 (1.13–1.33)

AMD with VD

2,806

91

3.52

1.96 (1.59–2.41)

  1. eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate; VD visual disability.
  2. *Units: mL/min/1.73 m2.
  3. adjusted for age and sex, income, area of residence, body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, and regular physical activity, fasting serum glucose level, serum hemoglobin level, estimated glomerular filtration rate, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and Charlson comorbidity index.