Elimination of race in estimates of kidney function to provide unbiased clinical management in Canada
Rulan S. Parekh, Jeffrey Perl, Bourne L. Auguste, Manish M. Sood
Abstract
KEY POINTS For many years, the universally used equation for estimating risk of kidney disease (the kidney function estimate, Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration [CKD-EPI] equation), included an adjustment for Black race that led to an upward correction in estimated glomerular
Topics & Concepts
Kidney diseaseRace (biology)Renal functionMedicineKidneyEpidemiologyFunction (biology)Computer scienceUrologyInternal medicineBiologyBotanyEvolutionary biologyChronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesBirth, Development, and HealthDialysis and Renal Disease Management