- Understanding African American and non|African American eGFR ...🔍
- eGFR Test Change🔍
- The Case Against Race|Based GFR🔍
- Removing Race from Estimates of Kidney Function🔍
- Understanding race|neutral eGFR calculations🔍
- Race and eGFR🔍
- Retaining Race in Chronic Kidney Disease Diagnosis and Treatment🔍
- How will eliminating the race coefficient affect Black patients?🔍
eGFR and Race
Understanding African American and non-African American eGFR ...
Race is not a biological concept, but a social construct. Using race as a factor for calculating eGFR does not account for the diversity within communities of ...
eGFR Test Change: Removal of Race from the Calculation
In 2021, a task force led by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced recommendations to remove Black race ...
The Case Against Race-Based GFR - PMC
The coincidental findings led researchers to conclude that Black race was an independent predictor of GFR, leading to the addition of the race coefficient to ...
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 ...
Understanding race-neutral eGFR calculations - OPTN - HRSA
The amount of waiting time a kidney patient has accrued is critical - it plays a big role in the prioritization of kidney offers. If the Black race variable was ...
Race and eGFR: Addressing Health Disparities in Chronic Kidney ...
Several studies suggest that the equations used to calculate eGFR may overestimate GFR in black Americans, potentially leading to underdiagnosis ...
Retaining Race in Chronic Kidney Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Although race/ethnicity are less reliably reported by Hispanics (mostly ≥ 80% accuracy), Asians (mostly ≥75%), Native Americans (mostly≤56%), ...
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 ...
Testing kidney function with race-free values offers a better health ...
Race-based eGFR values ... Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a measure of how fast a person's kidneys are filtering waste and excess water from ...
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 ...
Abandoning a Race-biased Tool for Kidney Diagnosis
In the United States, African Americans are four times more likely to develop kidney failure than white patients, yet this racially biased eGFR ...
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 ...
Race, Genetic Ancestry, and Estimating Kidney Function in CKD
Independent of age, sex, and measured GFR, Black race was associated with a 10.7% (95% CI, 8.8 to 12.7) higher serum creatinine level than non- ...
Association of Estimated GFR Calculated Using Race-Free ...
The creatinine-based eGFR equation without race attenuated racial differences in the risk of kidney failure requiring replacement therapy and mortality.
The Use of Race in eGFR: Why Racial Justice Requires Accuracy
The use of race in eGFR: Why racial justice requires accuracy. Joel D. Velasco, PhD. Joel D. Velasco, PhD. 0000-0001-9936-985X.
Understanding your lab values and other CKD health numbers
Learn about your CKD health numbers: blood pressure, weight, serum creatinine, eGFR, BUN, uACR, and more. Regular testing helps manage CKD.
The rationale for removing adjustment for ethnicity from ...
The most commonly used diagnostic (laboratory) test to calculate kidney function is the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).
A Unifying Approach for GFR Estimation: Recommendations of the ...
A Task Force from the National Kidney Foundation and American Society of Nephrology developed recommendations for reassessing inclusion of race ...
Race and kidney function: The facts and fix amidst the fuss ...
Black persons had greater creatinine levels than White persons with the same measured GFR, age, and sex, affirming the results of Jones et al6.
Why “race-free” eGFR formulas are important for everyone
Eliminating racial inequities in kidney health: much more than revising estimating equations. Ann Intern Med 2022; 175: 446–7.