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

201857 citationsOpen accessUniversité de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

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In the Congolese healthy population, MDRD and CKD-EPI equations without ethnic factors had better performance than the same equations with ethnic factor. The equations using Cys C (alone or combined with SCr) performed better than the creatinine-based equations.

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  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193384

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