Distribution of stages of CKD in PRESTAR according to different estimating equations, CKD-Epi, MDRD, Cockroft Gault (CG), CG normalized to Body Surface Area (CGBSA).

<p>Distribution of stages of CKD in PRESTAR according to different estimating equations, CKD-Epi, MDRD, Cockroft Gault (CG), CG normalized to Body Surface Area (CGBSA).</p

Patient characteristics.

<p>Data are given as Mean ±SD or n (%) unless stated otherwise.</p><p>Patient characteristics.</p

Likelihood of a physician referral to a nephrologist by renal diagnosis.

<p>Likelihood of a physician referral to a nephrologist by renal diagnosis.</p

Specialty of physicians referring patients to Greek National Health System Outpatient Nephrology Clinics.

<p>The number of patients (N = 948) in this table differs from the total number of patients in the study (N = 1501), because N = 1501–948 = 553 patients were self-referrals. Data are given as n(%).</p><p>Specialty of physicians referring patients to Greek National Health System Outpatient Nephrology Clinics.</p

Center wise variations in patient demographics, blood pressure, renal function, diabetes and percentage of referred patients (Could number of patients in each center be added as a footnote?).

<p>Center wise variations in patient demographics, blood pressure, renal function, diabetes and percentage of referred patients (Could number of patients in each center be added as a footnote?).</p

Renal function (eGFR by CKD-Epi in ml/min/1.73 m²) according to presence or absence of renal diagnosis.

<p>Renal function (eGFR by CKD-Epi in ml/min/1.73 m²) according to presence or absence of renal diagnosis.</p

Adjusted odds of a patient having been referred to a nephrologist by a specialist in relation to serum creatinine (A) and eGFR (CKD-Epi), (B) during the study visit.

<p>Models were adjusted for age, gender, race, presence of diabetic renal disease, center, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and time the patient had been under nephrology care. Solid black line: estimated adjusted odds ratio, dashed black lines: associated pointwise 95% confidence internal, gray horizontal line: corresponds to an odds ratio of one.</p