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In Search of a Better Equation — Performance and Equity in Estimates of Kidney Function

James A. Diao, Lesley A. Inker, Andrew S. Levey, Hocine Tighiouart, Neil R. Powe, Arjun K. Manrai

2021New England Journal of Medicine113 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

In Search of a Better Equation Although many experts agree that we should reconsider the use of race in equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate and in medicine more generally, precisely ...

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MedicineEquity (law)Renal functionFunction (biology)MEDLINEEconometricsInternal medicineMathematicsBiochemistryLawBiologyPolitical scienceEvolutionary biologyChemistryChronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesDialysis and Renal Disease ManagementBirth, Development, and Health