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Annals of Internal Medicine A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation (1999)
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| Author | Levey, Andrew S. Juan Bosch, P. Julia Lewis, Breyer Greene, Tom |
| Abstract | Background: Serum creatinine concentration is widely used as an index of renal function, but this concentration is affected by factors other than glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Objective: To develop an equation to predict GFR from serum creatinine concentration and other factors. Design: Cross-sectional study of GFR, creatinine clearance, serum creatinine concentration, and demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with chronic renal disease. Patients: 1628 patients enrolled in the baseline period of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study, of whom 1070 were randomly selected as the training sam-ple; the remaining 558 patients constituted the validation sample. Methods: The prediction equation was developed by |
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| Publisher Date | 1999-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |