Are prediction equations for glomerular filtration rate useful for the long-term monitoring of type 2 diabetic patients?
Author(s) -
Néstor Fontseré,
Isabel Salinas,
Jordi Bonal,
Beatriz Bayés,
Joaquim Riba,
Ferrán Torres,
José Ríos,
Ana Sanmartí,
Ramón Romero
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl221
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , term (time) , filtration (mathematics) , urology , intensive care medicine , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of prediction equations [modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD), simplified MDRD, Cockcroft-Gault (CG), reciprocal of creatinine and creatinine clearance] in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes.
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