Lifelabs used to advise us to multiply the eGFR value reported by a factor of 1.15 in black patients. They recently stopped including this message. Is there an error?
Great question,
But rather than summarizing the answer myself, there is a very good article explaining the issue here:
https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/race-and-egfr-what-controversy
Dr. Jordan Weinstein
But rather than summarizing the answer myself, there is a very good article explaining the issue here:
https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/race-and-egfr-what-controversy
Dr. Jordan Weinstein
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