Compared with HRS2 criteria, eGFR less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m detected almost twice the number of cirrhotics with CRD. Patients with eGFR less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m who did not fulfil criteria for HRS2 also had significant short-term mortality. ADQI-IAC criteria thus appear to be a more useful definition of CRD in cirrhotics.