an increasing trendp < 0.001
Additionally, although both ABSI and BMI increased gradually with deterioration in CKD, the strength of an increasing trend in ABSI (SS = 6.48, p < 0.001) was comparable to that of BMI (SS = 6.38, p < 0.001) in male participants, and was 27.6% and 44.1% higher with ABSI in overall and female participants, respectively, compared with BMI ( Table 2 ).