Updated US Prevalence Estimates for Chronic Kidney Disease Stage and Complications Using the New Race-Free Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate.

Walther, Carl P; Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C; Navaneethan, Sankar D · JAMA Netw Open · 2022

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

This cross-sectional study investigates US population changes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) G stage and 4 CKD-related complications, comparing the 2021 equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate with the 2009 equation, which included a race coefficient.

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