Regarding “Combination of pediatric and adult formulas yield valid glomerular filtration rate estimates in young adults with a history of pediatric chronic kidney disease”

Recently, Ng et  al.1 reported that the average of pediatric (serum creatinine–only equation from the Kidney Disease in Children study [CKiDSCr]) and adult (serum creatinine–only equation from the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration consortium [CKD-EPISCr]) creatinine-based estimate of the glomer ular filtration rate (GFR) yielded valid estimates in young adults. We analyzed the diagnostic performance of this “average” using a data set of 543 patients2 (273 women) aged 18 to 26 years with inulin-measured GFR from 5 to 135 ml/min per 1.73 m2.
Source: Kidney International - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research