Including Race in Pediatric Estimated GFR Equations: Is This a Genuine Need?

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Health, Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Hospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez, México DF, México; Unidad de Estudios de Posgrado, UNAM, México DF, México.
² Departments of Paediatrics, Medicine, and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: guido.filler@lhsc.on.ca.

Editorial

Ana Catalina Alvarez-Elías et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;80(2):161-163.

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.03.008. Epub 2022 May 28.

¹ Institute of Health, Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Hospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez, México DF, México; Unidad de Estudios de Posgrado, UNAM, México DF, México.
² Departments of Paediatrics, Medicine, and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: guido.filler@lhsc.on.ca.

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Self-reported Race, Serum Creatinine, Cystatin C, and GFR in Children and Young Adults With Pediatric Kidney Diseases: A Report From the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study.
Ng DK, Furth SL, Warady BA, Crews DC, Seegmiller JC, Schwartz GJ; CKiD Study Investigators. Ng DK, et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 Aug;80(2):174-185.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.10.013. Epub 2021 Dec 30. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022. PMID: 34974031 Free PMC article.