eGFR and Race

NICE takes ethnicity out of estimating kidney function - The BMJ

Removing ethnicity from eGFR is a promising start, but a longer ... NHANES III: influence of race on GFR thresholds and detection of ...

Performance of Race-Free GFR Equations Among Kidney ...

The 2021 race-free CKD-EPI eGFR equations perform similarly to the previous CKD-EPI equations that included race correction terms.

An Endorsement of the Removal of Race From GFR Estimation ...

A unifying approach for GFR estimation: recommendations of the NKF-ASN Task Force on reassessing the inclusion of race in diagnosing kidney disease.

Removing Race Based Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) - ACEP

Our current race-based algorithm for chronic kidney disease (CKD) is delaying diagnosis and treatment in the Black population.

Examining Impact of Race in Staging Chronic Kidney Disease

The researchers recalculated eGFR for these patients, removing the race multiplier of 1.159, and classified the severity of the patients ...

Removing race coefficient from eGFR equation changes CKD stage ...

When the race coefficient was removed from the eGFR equation, 28.1% of Black patients were reclassified to a more severe chronic kidney ...

University of Maryland Medicine to Eliminate Race from Kidney ...

By one estimate, approximately 720,000 Black Americans might be treated earlier for kidney disease if race were removed from the calculations of ...

eGFR and Race -FINAL REPORT - American Society of Nephrology

In the report, the NKF-ASN. Task Force recommends the adoption of the new eGFR 2021 CKD EPI creatinine equation that estimates kidney function ...

Dropping Race-Based eGFR Adjustment Gains Traction in US

Dropping Race-Based eGFR Adjustment Gains Traction in US ... A small number of US health systems, as well as some individual physicians, have ...

A New Race-Free Calculation for Measuring Kidney Function

What is eGFR? Understanding your kidney health is important for your overall well-being. Health care providers use the estimated glomerular filtration rate.

Duke Clinicians, Students Challenge Racial Bias of Creatinine ...

During the past two years, medical institutions across the U.S. have been reconsidering the use of modified eGFR data because of concerns about ...

Scrutiny Continues Over Use of Race in Estimated GFR in

The controversy over the inclusion of race as a factor in calculating estimated glomerular filtration rates reached more milestones.

Implementation notice: Waiting time modifications for candidates ...

Assess their respective kidney waiting lists to identify all affected Black kidney candidates · Determine whether a race-neutral eGFR calculation ...

Race, Ancestry, and GFR: A commentary - NephJC

This paper evaluates different eGFR equations without race, by reusing the original 2009 and 2012 developmental dataset for modeling the CKD-EPI equations.

Changes to eGFR Calculation and What that Means for People ...

Just because you have the same skin color as someone else doesn't mean everything else about your body is the same. Using race in the eGFR ...

Eliminating Race from Equations for Estimated Glomerular Filtration ...

For many years, adjustment factors for race have been used in equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), including the 1999 MDRD ...

UNOS Policy Update: The Importance of Race-Neutral eGFR ...

Why change. eGFR equations? •Moral distress at using race to determine someone's health status or health care. •Disparities in access to kidney ...

Why eGFR-reporting change helps tackle kidney disease inequities

Doctors, health systems are moving away from the race-modified eGFR that greatly hinders Black patients' access to lifesaving ...

Removing Race From eGFR Equations May Lead to Undertreatment ...

The CKD-EPI is designed to adjust for race, and it increases eGFR by 15.9% for Black patients. This adjustment reflects “the higher measured GFR ...

Why should we eliminate the Black race coefficient from eGFR ...

The race variable was added to eGFR equations for the same reason (5). Use of a race coefficient of 1.159 was recommended in the 2009 CKD-EPI ...