Race Coefficient
Organ network to remove race, hepatitis C coefficients for evaluating organ function
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network has removed two variables – whether a potential organ donor is African American or Black or has tested positive for the hepatitis C virus – from methods to evaluate deceased donor organs.
NKF honors researcher with Garabed Eknoyan Award
Cynthia Delgado, MD, received the Garabed Eknoyan Award for her guidance in removing race as a factor for diagnosing chronic kidney disease at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.
Black patients impacted by eGFR race coefficient can modify transplant waitlist time
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network passed a policy to provide Black patients impacted by the eGFR race coefficient with the opportunity to modify their wait time for transplantation, according to a press release.
Researchers identify preferable GFR equations with, without race coefficient
The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration 2021 equation for estimating GFR proved to be the least biased and most accurate GFR equation among potential living donors, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.
Race-free eGFR equation attenuates racial disparities in accrual of preemptive wait time
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.