Modeling the Risk of Renal Impairment using Current  Status Chronic Kidney Disease Data: A Simulation – based Analysis

Gurprit Grover; Barnali Deka

Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

Modeling the Risk of Renal Impairment using Current Status Chronic Kidney Disease Data: A Simulation – based Analysis

Gurprit Grover, Barnali Deka

Abstract :

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an emerging public health concern of India. We investigate hazards of renal impairment along with various risk factors under survival modeling setup, using a simulated data prepared based on reported prevalences of CKD by a number of population–based cross–sectional surveys of CKD prevalence in India. Since cross–sectional surveys only record, instead of exact time, the current status of kidney function at the time of examination, we encounter current status survival data. The survival analysis of our simulated data has provided evidence of increased risk of developing CKD for female, diabetic and hypertensive patients.