Risk implications of the new CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation compared with the MDRD Study equation for estimated GFR: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) recently published an equation for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using the same variables (serum creatinine level, age, sex, and race) as the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equation. Although the CKD-EP...

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Published in:	American journal of kidney diseases Vol. 55; no. 4; p. 648
Main Authors:	Matsushita, Kunihiro, Selvin, Elizabeth, Bash, Lori D, Astor, Brad C, Coresh, Josef
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.04.2010
Subjects:	Cause of Death Chronic Disease Coronary Disease - epidemiology Coronary Disease - etiology Female Glomerular Filtration Rate Humans Kidney Diseases - complications Kidney Diseases - diet therapy Kidney Diseases - epidemiology Kidney Diseases - physiopathology Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology Kidney Failure, Chronic - etiology Male Mathematics Middle Aged Prospective Studies Risk Assessment Stroke - epidemiology Stroke - etiology
ISSN:	1523-6838, 1523-6838
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