Renal Function and Death in Older Women: Which eGFR Formula Should We Use?

Conclusions. Compared to CKD-EPI, BIS equations identified a greater proportion of older women as having CKD but performed similarly to predict mortality risk. Thus, the BIS equations should not replace CKD-EPI equations to predict risk of death in older women. PMID: 28465840 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28465840?dopt=Abstract

Source: International Journal of Nephrology - May 4, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Int J Nephrol Source Type: research