Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Black Individuals in the US After Removal of the Black Race Coefficient From a Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimating Equation.
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 33512516.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.35636 and PMC identifier 7846942.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
This cross-sectional study examines whether removal of the Black race coefficient from a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equation is associated with a change in the estimated prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general Black population and among Black veterans in the US.
Medical subject headings
- Black or African American
- Glomerular Filtration Rate
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
- Veterans