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Title
Estimating glomerular filtration rate: comparison of the CKD-EPI and MDRD equations in a large UK cohort with particular emphasis on the effect of age.
Authors
Carter, J L; Stevens, P E; Irving, J E; Lamb, E J
Abstract
The chronic kidney disease (CKD)-Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation was developed to address the underestimation of measured glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation at levels >60 mL/min/1.73 m(2).
Publication
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2011, Vol 104, Issue 10, p839