Removing Race Based Glomerular Filtration Rate

Removing Race from Estimates of Kidney Function

Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is one of the primary diagnostic methods for detecting and managing kidney diseases. The eGFR ...

Removing Race from Kidney Disease Diagnosis - PMC

The inclusion of race in the calculation of eGFR has been linked to disparities in care, including delays in both the diagnosis of kidney disease and the ...

eGFR Test Change: Removal of Race from the Calculation

However, in 2021, a task force led by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced ...

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 ...

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) — ...

Removing the Racial Coefficient From Calculations of eGFR

“Our decision to remove this race coefficient in estimating GFR reflects both an analysis of published data and Mount Sinai's commitment to equity in the care ...

Effect of removing race from glomerular filtration rate-estimating ...

Removal of race from GFR-estimating equations could lead to higher rates of anticancer drug exclusion, dose reduction, and 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.

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 ...

Filtering Bias Out of Kidney Testing - Penn Medicine

Q&A with Nwamaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, on Advancing Health Equity and Removing Race from Assessment of Renal Function — a Driver of Disparities in Timely Access ...

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 ...

Impact of Race-Free Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimations on CKD ...

The 2021 CKD-EPI removes Black race as a factor in calculating the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). We assessed its effect on CKD prevalence.

Race and kidney function: The facts and fix amidst the fuss ...

The solution allows a consistent, durable, and evidence-based approach to eGFR and possibly a roadmap for possible removal of race in other ...

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.

Removing Race Adjustment in Chronic Kidney Disease Care | FSI

The inclusion of race adjustment in the eGFR equation may have contributed to disparities in CKD and kidney failure outcomes through delays in ...

In Search of a Better Equation — Performance and Equity in ...

Although many experts agree that we should reconsider the use of race in equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and in ...

Backed by Penn Medicine Research, National Task Force ...

Nwamaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, has been a vocal advocate for the removal of race from the ...

Group's efforts lead to removal of race as a variable in common test ...

... glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which estimates a patient's level of kidney function and helps determine the stage of kidney disease.

A Unifying Approach for GFR Estimation: Recommendations of the ...

In alignment with the NKF and ASN, the Task Force unanimously agreed that race should be removed from estimating equation calculation and ...

Race, Genetic Ancestry, and Estimating Kidney Function in CKD

The inclusion of race in equations to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has become controversial. Alternative equations that can be ...