The MDRD equation underestimates the prevalence of CKD among blacks and overestimates the prevalence of CKD among whites compared to the CKD-EPI equation: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Black individuals are far more likely than white individuals to develop end stage renal disease (ESRD). However, earlier stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been reported to be less prevalent among blacks. This disparity remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was...

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Autores principales: Arora, Pradeep, Rajagopalan, Srini, Patel, Nilang, Nainani, Neha, Venuto, Rocco C, Lohr, James W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22264268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22264268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-4

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