Removing the Racial Coefficient From Calculations of eGFR

Removing the Racial Coefficient From Calculations of eGFR · Mount Sinai has switched to the more accurate Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD ...

eGFR Test Change: Removal of Race from the Calculation

In September 2021, the NKF-ASN Task Force announced recommendations to remove Black race in the eGFR calculation. Are there are other tests to ...

Removing Race from eGFR calculations: Implications for Urologic ...

They estimated that removal of the race coefficient would increase the percentage of Black patients diagnosed with CKD (eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73m2) from 14.9% to ...

How will eliminating the race coefficient affect Black patients?

Notably, the new equations differ from earlier ones in that they do not include a coefficient for race. The change was motivated by a desire to ...

ELIMINATING THE RACE COEFFICIENT IN KIDNEY FUNCTION ...

(i) Racial justice: Critics have pointed out that the equations estimating GFR with race coefficients “reinforce the flawed idea that each racial and ethnic ...

Study supports removing race from estimate of kidney function

The researchers found that removal of race adjustment improved bias, accuracy and precision of eGFR equations for Black adults. Their report was ...

How Removing the Race Coefficient from eGFR Equations...

How Removing the Race Coefficient from eGFR Equations Impacts Racial Differences in CKD Progression Among People with HIV · Background: The impact of removing ...

Removing Race from Estimates of Kidney Function

The eGFR equation includes age, sex, race and/or body weight to approximate directly measured kidney function. However, race is a social ...

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 ...

Removal of Race Adjustment Improved Bias, Accuracy in eGFR ...

A systematic review found that alternative approaches to calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were worth looking into to ...

Understanding race-neutral eGFR calculations - OPTN - HRSA

No, not every eGFR formula uses a Black race variable. There are a number of different eGFR calculations, and they don't all use the same factors. Different ...

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 ...

Removing race from the CKD-EPI equation and its impact on ...

For the 2009 equation, eGFR was calculated using the non-Black coefficient. Race is not available in our cohort, because Sweden, to prevent ...

Race and eGFR: Addressing Health Disparities in Chronic Kidney ...

Race parameters in the calculation of eGFR do not account for persons who identify as multiracial or decline to answer clinicians' questions ...

Establish OPTN Requirement for Race- Neutral eGFR Calculations

Some hospitals use formulas that include a Black race coefficient, which can overestimate eGFR values and lead to delayed treatment. Current OPTN policy allows ...

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 ...

The Use of Race in eGFR: Why Racial Justice Requires Accuracy

Current best evidence for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) includes a correction factor for Black patients. The validity of this ...

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 ...

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Black Individuals in ...

The coefficient for Black race is an attempt to correct for non-GFR factors associated with serum creatinine concentration. Deleting the ...

New Creatinine- and Cystatin C–Based Equations to Estimate GFR ...

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 ...