Performance of the European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) creatinine-based equation in United States cohorts.

Estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is important in daily practice to assess kidney function and adapting the best clinical care of patients with and without chronic kidney disease. The new creatinine-based European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) equation is used to estimate GFR. This equation was developed and validated mainly in European individuals and based on a rescaled creatinine, with the rescaling factor (Q-value) defined as the median normal value of serum creatinine in a given population.

Source: Kidney International - December 13, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Pierre Delanaye, Andrew D. Rule, Elke Schaeffner, Etienne Cavalier, Junyan Shi, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, Ulf Nyman, Jonas Bj örk, Hans Pottel Tags: clinical investigation Source Type: research