New Kidney Function Test Takes Race Out of the Equation

New Kidney Function Test Takes Race Out of the Equation - UCSF

Cystatin C is a less-widely used test for kidney function. The new study showed that when cystatin C test results were substituted for ...

How will eliminating the race coefficient affect Black patients?

The new CKD-EPI 2021 equations were developed without a race coefficient and perform with improved precision compared with previous equations.

Removing Race from Estimates of Kidney Function

The leaders also stated that current race-based equations should be replaced by a substitute that is accurate, representative, unbiased, and ...

Filtering Bias Out of Kidney Testing - Penn Medicine

And while the eGFR is a frontline test for kidney function, there are other tests that don't incorporate race. When there is any doubt about the accuracy of an ...

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

This decision followed a recommendation by the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology (NKF-ASN) Task Force on Reassessing the ...

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

The study suggests use of a blood lab test called cystatin C, which does not vary by a person's race, to replace the current lab test called creatinine, which ...

Testing kidney function with race-free values offers a better health ...

The use of a race coefficient in the equation to test kidney function traces back to an old study that had serious limitations.

eGFR Test Change: Removal of Race from the Calculation

eGFR is a key test used to diagnose kidney disease and understand how your kidneys are working. Your eGFR helps your healthcare team make the ...

Abandoning a Race-biased Tool for Kidney Diagnosis

The estimated GFR (eGFR) is a standard diagnostic test performed by taking a blood sample and plugging patient characteristics into an equation.

Eliminating Race from Kidney Function Assessments - Testing.com

In light of this, the task force developed a new formula: the eGFR 2021 CKD EPI equation. The new equation measures kidney function without ...

Kidney failure experts recommend new tool that eliminates race as a ...

The equations estimate glomerular filtration rate from blood creatinine concentrations. Experts and researchers have recently challenged the ...

Taking Racism out of the Kidney Disease Equation - WebMD

In September 2021, the task force released their two new equations that estimate kidney function. Neither uses race as a factor. One is very ...

Johns Hopkins Health System Adopts Race-Free Kidney Function ...

“There are not biological differences in the kidney attributable to race, and therefore it should not be considered in the equation for kidney ...

Experts Recommend Taking Race Out of the Equation for Kidney ...

The task force unanimously believes a better solution is available to determine kidney function more accurately. The official recommendation is ...

Inside the bruising battle to purge race from a kidney disease ...

The eGFR equation's proponents, according to some who joined the meeting, described it as the evidence-based way to assess kidney function and ...

Test may help reduce racial disparities in kidney disease

Researchers found that measuring levels of a protein called cystatin C can accurately estimate kidney function without needing to take race ...

Replacing the faulty formula that led to inequity in kidney care

New equations that eliminated the automatic race adjustment were developed by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) ...

Labcorp Implements Race-Free Equation for Kidney Disease Test

The new equation removes the race-based coefficient found in prior equations and is recommended by the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of ...

U.S. Laboratories Endorse Race-Free Equations

The United States Pathology and Laboratory Society Leadership has endorsed the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of ...

Understanding race-neutral eGFR calculations - OPTN - HRSA

For example, studies suggest that using the variable in the CKD-EPI formula has the potential to overestimate Black patients' kidney function by as much as 16 ...