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Comment
. 2022 Apr;18(4):201-202.
doi: 10.1038/s41581-021-00524-1.

Removal of race from estimation of kidney function

Bessie A Young  1   2
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Removal of race from estimation of kidney function

Bessie A Young. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2022 Apr.
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  • New Creatinine- and Cystatin C-Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race.
    Inker LA, Eneanya ND, Coresh J, Tighiouart H, Wang D, Sang Y, Crews DC, Doria A, Estrella MM, Froissart M, Grams ME, Greene T, Grubb A, Gudnason V, Gutiérrez OM, Kalil R, Karger AB, Mauer M, Navis G, Nelson RG, Poggio ED, Rodby R, Rossing P, Rule AD, Selvin E, Seegmiller JC, Shlipak MG, Torres VE, Yang W, Ballew SH, Couture SJ, Powe NR, Levey AS; Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration. Inker LA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 4;385(19):1737-1749. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2102953. Epub 2021 Sep 23. N Engl J Med. 2021. PMID: 34554658 Free PMC article.
  • Race, Genetic Ancestry, and Estimating Kidney Function in CKD.
    Hsu CY, Yang W, Parikh RV, Anderson AH, Chen TK, Cohen DL, He J, Mohanty MJ, Lash JP, Mills KT, Muiru AN, Parsa A, Saunders MR, Shafi T, Townsend RR, Waikar SS, Wang J, Wolf M, Tan TC, Feldman HI, Go AS; CRIC Study Investigators. Hsu CY, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 4;385(19):1750-1760. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2103753. Epub 2021 Sep 23. N Engl J Med. 2021. PMID: 34554660 Free PMC article.

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