Format:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2235-3186
Content:
The new European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) creatinine-based equation has been developed to be applicable over the entire age range (from 2 to 100 years) without any loss of performance in young adults and without loss of continuity in estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between adolescents and adults. This goal is obtained by better taking into account the relationship between serum creatinine (SCr) and age in the estimating GFR model. This is accomplished by rescaling SCr, namely, dividing SCr by so-called Q value which is the median normal value of SCr concentration in a given healthy population. The better performance of the EKFC equation, compared to the current equations, has been shown in large European and African cohorts. Such good results are also suggested in cohorts from China, including in the current issue of Nephron. The good performance of the EKFC equation is observed, especially when the authors used a specific Q value for their populations notwithstanding GFR was measured by a controversial method. Using a population-specific Q value could make the EFKC equation universally applicable.
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volume:148
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number:2
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year:2024
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pages:74-77
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extent:4
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Nephron, Basel : Karger, 2015-, 148, Heft 2 (2024), 74-77 (gesamt 4), 2235-3186
Language:
English
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024021423460925832935
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1159/000531314
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024021423460925832935
URL:
https://d-nb.info/1319411312/34
URL:
https://karger.com/nef/article-pdf/148/2/74/4166061/000531314.pdf
URL:
https://karger.com/doi/10.1159/000531314
