A new equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate in Chinese elderly population.

BACKGROUND: We sought to develop a new equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in Chinese elderly population. METHODS: A total of 668 Chinese elderly participants, including the development cohort (n = 433), the validation cohort (n = 235) were enrolled. The new equation using the gene...

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Main Authors: Xun Liu, Yanni Wang, Cheng Wang, Chenggang Shi, Cailian Cheng, Jinxia Chen, Huijuan Ma, Linsheng Lv, Lin Li, Tanqi Lou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3823564?pdf=render