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However, widely used risk equations often require albuminuria or repeated measurements that are not consistently available in routine clinical practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We retrospectively analyzed adult patients from three different departments affiliated to one university, including two independent hospitals and a clinic department. Routinely collected demographic, clinical, and metabolic laboratory variables were used to develop machine learning models for distinguishing preserved kidney function (CKD G1\u20132) from advanced stages (G3a\u20135). Five algorithms were trained and internally validated in a development cohort, followed by external validation in an independent cohort. Model performance was assessed by discrimination, calibration, and interpretability using feature importance and SHAP (Shapley Additive Explanations).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 308 patients in the development cohort and 52 in the external cohort, the Gradient Boosting classifier achieved the best discrimination (AUC = 0.972 internally; 0.965 externally) with good calibration. 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