Calculate KDIGO risk categories

Usage

nephro.kdigo_risk_category(gfr_cat, alb_cat)

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.

Value

string risk category.

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

Author

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

Examples

# for a single patient
nephro.kdigo_risk_category (gfr_cat = "G2", alb_cat = "A3")
#> [1] "High"
# for a dataset - see vignettes for details
# nephro.kdigo_risk_category (gfr_cat = dta$gfr_cat, alb_cat = dta$alb_cat)