Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate With vs Without Including Patient Race

Andrew S Levey; Hocine Tighiouart; Silvia M Titan; Lesley A Inker

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0045

Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate With vs Without Including Patient Race

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 May 1;180(5):793-795. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0045.

Authors

Andrew S Levey¹, Hocine Tighiouart², Silvia M Titan^{1

3}, Lesley A Inker¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the use of race in estimating glomerular filtration rate and whether height and weight could substitute for race using pooled data from 10 studies of people with and without chronic kidney disease.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Black or African American
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate / physiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
White People

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding