Glomerular Filtration Rate

In middle-aged women, kidney function declined slower than it did in men the same age or older during aging, according to a study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

In a theoretical context, the 2021 creatine-based Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation reduced racial differences in preemptive wait time accrual more than the use of the creatinine-cystatin equation, this study shows.

Findings of this review suggest that gender-affirming hormone therapy may increase serum creatinine among transgender men but has the opposite effect among transgender women.

When the race coefficient was removed from the eGFR equation, 28.1% of Black patients were reclassified to a more severe chronic kidney disease stage, compared with when the coefficient was included in the equation.

Using data from two major studies, researchers identified higher distributions of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide and high sensitivity cardiac troponin T in lower categories of eGFR among patients with chronic kidney disease.

Regardless of eGFR, AKI correlated with poor kidney outcomes 3 months following non-cardiac surgery, according to results of a recently published study.

Researchers identified significant differences in eGFR and measured eGFR on an individual level, according to data published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

PHILADELPHIA — Chronic kidney disease assessment and monitoring by albuminuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate is necessary for delivering goal-directed therapies to people with diabetes, according to a speaker.

The Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Board of Directors has unanimously voted to remove the race coefficient from eGFR equations.

The eGFR equation that includes creatinine and cystatin C but not the race coefficient may be preferable to the eGFR equation that only includes creatinine for measuring racial differences in the risk of kidney failure.