Comparison of Risk Prediction Using the CKD-EPI Equation and the MDRD Study Equation for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate | Zendy

Kunihiro Matsushita | Zendy; Bakhtawar K. Mahmoodi | Zendy; Mark Woodward | Zendy; Jonathan Emberson | Zendy; Tazeen H. Jafar | Zendy; Sun Ha Jee | Zendy; Kevan R. Polkinghorne | Zendy; Anoop Shankar | Zendy; David H. Smith | Zendy; Marcello Tonelli | Zendy; David G. Warnock | Zendy; Chi-Pang Wen | Zendy; Josef Coresh | Zendy; Ron T. Gansevoort | Zendy; Brenda R. Hemmelgarn | Zendy; Andrew S. Levey | Zendy; for the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium | Zendy

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Comparison of Risk Prediction Using the CKD-EPI Equation and the MDRD Study Equation for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

Author(s) -

Kunihiro Matsushita,

Bakhtawar K. Mahmoodi,

Mark Woodward,

Jonathan Emberson,

Tazeen H. Jafar,

Sun Ha Jee,

Kevan R. Polkinghorne,

Anoop Shankar,

David H. Smith,

Marcello Tonelli,

David G. Warnock,

Chi-Pang Wen,

Josef Coresh,

Ron T. Gansevoort,

Brenda R. Hemmelgarn,

Andrew S. Levey,

for the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2012.3954

Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , interquartile range , kidney disease , population , epidemiology , estimating equations , cohort , demography , disease , urology , statistics , environmental health , maximum likelihood , mathematics , sociology

The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation more accurately estimates glomerular filtration rate (GFR) than the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equation using the same variables, especially at higher GFR, but definitive evidence of its risk implications in diverse settings is lacking.

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