Cockcroft-Gault formula is biased by body weight in diabetic patients with renal impairment

The Cockcroft-Gault (CG) formula and the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) equation are commonly used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR), but their validity at extreme body weight is questionable. This may be significant for diabetic patients. In 122 diabetic patients with renal...

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Published in:	Metabolism, clinical and experimental Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 108 - 112
Main Authors:	Rigalleau, Vincent, Lasseur, Catherine, Perlemoine, Caroline, Barthe, Nicole, Raffaitin, Christelle, Chauveau, Philippe, Combe, Christian, Gin, Henri
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2006 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Algorithms Bias Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Body Weight - physiology Chromium Radioisotopes Diabetes Complications - diet therapy Diabetes Complications - metabolism Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - metabolism Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - metabolism Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Diabetic Nephropathies - diet therapy Diabetic Nephropathies - metabolism Diet Edetic Acid Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance Female Glomerular Filtration Rate Humans Kidney Function Tests Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Middle Aged Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure Obesity - diet therapy Obesity - metabolism Radiopharmaceuticals Renal failure Endocrinopathy Human Kidney disease Urinary system disease Diabetes mellitus Body weight Renal failure Patient
ISSN:	0026-0495, 1532-8600
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