Performance of glomerular filtration rate estimation equations in Congolese healthy adults: The inopportunity of the ethnic correction.

In the estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), ethnicity is an important determinant. However, all existing equations have been built solely from Caucasian and Afro-American populations and they are potentially inaccurate for estimating GFR in African populations. We therefore evaluated the...

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Main Authors: Justine B Bukabau, Ernest K Sumaili, Etienne Cavalier, Hans Pottel, Bejos Kifakiou, Aliocha Nkodila, Jean Robert R Makulo, Vieux M Mokoli, Chantal V Zinga, Augustin L Longo, Yannick M Engole, Yannick M Nlandu, François B Lepira, Nazaire M Nseka, Jean Marie Krzesinski, Pierre Delanaye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5834186?pdf=render