Performance of glomerular filtration rate estimating equations in a community-based sample of Blacks and Whites: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis | Zendy

Lesley A. Inker | Zendy; Andrew S. Levey | Zendy; Hocine Tighiouart | Zendy; Tariq Shafi | Zendy; John H. Eckfeldt | Zendy; Craig Johnson | Zendy; Aghogho Okparavero | Zendy; Wendy S. Post | Zendy; Josef Coresh | Zendy; Michael G. Shlipak | Zendy

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Performance of glomerular filtration rate estimating equations in a community-based sample of Blacks and Whites: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis

Author(s) -

Lesley A. Inker,

Andrew S. Levey,

Hocine Tighiouart,

Tariq Shafi,

John H. Eckfeldt,

Craig Johnson,

Aghogho Okparavero,

Wendy S. Post,

Josef Coresh,

Michael G. Shlipak

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

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/gfx042

Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , confidence interval , kidney disease , creatinine , urology , population , epidemiology , cystatin c , estimating equations , iohexol , endocrinology , statistics , mathematics , environmental health , maximum likelihood

The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equations are recommended for glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation in the general population. They have not been evaluated in community-based populations, including Blacks at higher levels of GFR, but are commonly applied in such populations.

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