New Creatinine- and Cystatin C-Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race.
Lesley A InkerNwamaka D EneanyaJosef CoreshHocine TighiouartDan WangYingying SangDeidra C CrewsAlessandro DoriaMichelle M EstrellaMarc FroissartMorgan E GramsTom GreeneAnders GrubbVilmundur GudnasonOrlando M GutiérrezRoberto KalilAmy B KargerMichael MauerGerjan NavisRobert G NelsonEmilio D PoggioRoger RodbyEllen BurgessAndrew D RuleElizabeth SelvinJesse C SeegmillerMichael G ShlipakVicente E TorresWei YangShoshana H BallewSara J CoutureNeil R PoweAndrew S Leveynull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2021)
New eGFR equations that incorporate creatinine and cystatin C but omit race are more accurate and led to smaller differences between Black participants and non-Black participants than new equations without race with either creatinine or cystatin C alone. (Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.).