Can tests predict your long-term risk of kidney function? If a Quora query is to be believed, a person with creatinine (1.4 mg/dL), which is considered a waste product in blood, and GFR or Glomerular Filtration Rate (39), which estimates how well the kidneys filter blood , was told he had a risk of dialysis. “ My creatinine is 1.4, the GFR is 39 and dropping rapidly, and my nephrologist said I have nothing to worry about now, but in 10 years from now, I’ll be on dialysis. Is this true? ” We reached out to an expert to ask whether these numbers mean dialysis is inevitable in the next 10 years. Dr Nikhil Bhasin, consultant nephrologist and renal transplant physician at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, said a GFR of 39 suggests moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD Stage 3), but it does not mean dialysis is certain or that it will happen within a set timeline. “Kidney disease progresses at different rates for different people.…