Estimating Kidney Function without Race

and Cystatin C–Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race

New eGFR equations that incorporate creatinine and cystatin C but omit race are more accurate and led to smaller differences between Black participants and non ...

Race-free renal function estimation equations and potential impact ...

Kidney function, as estimated by glomerular filtration rate equations, is a factor in who can and cannot be in a clinical trial. Race is a ...

Removing Race from Estimates of Kidney Function

However, race is a social, not a biological, construct. In an update sent to members of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the ...

Race-Free Approach To Estimating Kidney Function - VA.gov

... to check kidney function. It also recommended a new calculator to estimate eGFR that estimates kidney function without a race variable.

NIH-supported study suggests alternative to race-based kidney ...

CRIC researchers found that even when adjusting for a wide range of factors, using serum creatinine to calculate eGFR without using a race term ...

Understanding race-neutral eGFR calculations - OPTN - HRSA

The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a common clinical calculation that measures the function of patients' kidneys; How race-based adjustments to ...

How will eliminating the race coefficient affect Black patients?

Laboratories have been using new (2021) equations to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Notably, the new equations differ from ...

Estimating Kidney Function without Race

The use of race in equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate from the serum creatinine level has recently come under scrutiny.

Study supports removing race from estimate of kidney function

An in-depth analysis of published research studies supports removing race from the calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) — ...

eGFR Test Change: Removal of Race from the Calculation

eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) is a measure of how well your kidneys are working. The eGFR is an estimated number to tell doctors ...

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

... CKD EPI creatinine equation that estimates kidney function without using race. The Task Force also recommended increased use of cystatin C ...

Will Estimating GFR Without Adjusting for Race Help to Reduce ...

Estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) includes adjusting for race, leading to disparities in care of Black patients with kidney ...

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

Removal of the race modifier to estimate GFR is only one small step for equity in kidney disease diagnosis and treatment, and further research ...

Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate With vs Without Including ...

As shown in the Figure, eliminating the race coefficient in the CKD-EPI equation was associated with a systematic error in the evaluation of ...

Omitting Race from Kidney Function Equations Leads to More ...

In the report, the NKF-ASN Task Force recommends the adoption of the new eGFR 2021 CKD EPI creatinine equation that estimates kidney function without a race ...

Removal of Race From Estimates of Kidney Function - JAMA Network

Without including the race modifier in the eGFR equation, the estimated prevalence of individuals who would be eligible for Medicare coverage ...

Recommendations of the NKF-ASN Task Force on Reassessing the ...

National estimates of CKD prevalence and potential impact of estimating glomerular filtration rate without race ... kidney function estimates ...

Implementing and Evaluating the New Race-Free Equation to ...

Although cystatin C has never required a race modifier to estimate kidney function, it's not available at every center. “With an estimate of over 200 million ...

Removing the Racial Coefficient From Calculations of eGFR

Mount Sinai has switched to the more accurate Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation to calculate estimated glomerular filtration ...

New race-free creatinine- and cystatin C-based equations for the ...

Recently, new CKD–EPI equations were proposed which do not include race and would be considered sufficiently accurate to estimate eGFR in ...