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- Title
Glomerular filtration rate: measure creatinine and height rather than cystatin C!
- Authors
Martini, S.; Prévot, A.; Mosig, D.; Werner, D.; Van Melle, G.; Guignard, J.-P.; Prévot, A
- Abstract
<bold>Aim: </bold>Inulin clearance (Cin) is the gold standard for assessing glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Other methods are based on the plasma creatinine concentration (Pcreat), creatinine clearance (Ccreat), the Haycock-Schwartz formula and the plasma concentration of cystatin C (PcysC), a 13 kDa basic protein produced at a constant rate by all nucleated cells. The present prospective study was thus designed to evaluate the reliability of PcysC as a marker of GFR in comparison with that of Pcreat, Ccreat and the Haycock-Schwartz formula, using Cin as the gold standard.<bold>Methods: </bold>Ninety-nine children (51 m/48 f), with a median age of 8.3 y (1.0-17.9) were studied. Using a cut-off for Cin of 100 ml/min per 1.73 m2, 54 children (54.5%) had impaired GFR. Those with normal GFR were comparable for age, height, weight and body mass index.<bold>Results: </bold>Logistic regression, ROC analysis and linear regression all showed that Ccreat was the best parameter to discriminate between impaired and normal GFR, followed by the Haycock-Schwartz formula, PcysC, and finally Pcreat, each one being significantly more predictive than the next.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>GFR is better assessed by the Haycock-Schwartz formula than by PcysC or Pcreat alone. It is therefore concluded that when urine collection is not possible, simply measuring the child's Pcreat and height is the best, easiest and cheapest way to assess GFR.
- Subjects
GLOMERULAR filtration rate; CREATININE; BASIC proteins; GROWTH of children
- Publication
Acta Paediatrica, 2003, Vol 92, Issue 9, p1052
- ISSN
0803-5253
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb02576.x