The prevalence of diagnosed CKD is high among individuals older than 65 years. Since
GFR declines with normal aging, this phenomenon is due in part to the use of a single,
absolute threshold of an eGFR< 60 ml/min per 1.73 m 2 persisting for at least 3 months to
define CKD regardless of age or the concomitant presence of other signs of kidney injury,
including abnormal albuminuria. Arguably, the eGFR criteria for CKD diagnosis should be
age adapted, in order to account for the normal physiologic age-related decline in eGFR and …