Race-Free Estimation of Kidney Function: Clearing the Path Toward Kidney Health Equity

L Ebony Boulware¹, Dinushika Mohottige², Matthew L Maciejewski^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁴ Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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L Ebony Boulware et al. JAMA. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 21;327(23):2289-2291.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.7310.

L Ebony Boulware¹, Dinushika Mohottige², Matthew L Maciejewski^{1

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4}

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁴ Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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Association of Estimated GFR Calculated Using Race-Free Equations With Kidney Failure and Mortality by Black vs Non-Black Race.
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