The Implication of Dropping Race from the MDRD Equation to Estimate GFR in an African American-Only Cohort

The widely used Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula adapts a 1.212 multiplier for individuals who are identified as African Americans (AAs) or Blacks, which leads to a higher GFR estimation. As it stands, AAs have a lower prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) but higher inciden...

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Autores principales: Yap, Ernie, Prysyazhnyuk, Yelyzaveta, Ouyang, Jie, Puri, Isha, Boutin-Foster, Carla, Salifu, Moro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34824870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1880499

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34824870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1880499

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