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Gfr declines with age. If this is an egfr (estimated from creatnine) is might be reflecting high protein intake or low hydration. Muscle loss (temporary or not and sometime medication related) is another factor that can increase creatnine levels. Collage supplementation and creatine supplementation can affect the blood levels of creatnine. Biotin can affect the assays used to measure creatnine.
You might request the cystatin test said to be more reliable, or request a second creatinine test. I suspect that the CKD of your diagnosis is a numbers game rather than kidney disease.

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Thank you. My doctor said to increas my hydration and we will retest in January. He insists I do not have CKD, but it is really scary!

Just a thought. There is great controvery in the medical field reflected in medical journals whether it is correct to automatically dump people over 70 into stage 3 ckd based on the gfr threshold of 60. I will go back in January and get retested with blood and urine tests.