Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Black Individuals in the US After Removal of the Black Race Coefficient From a Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimating Equation.

Authors

Jennifer Bragg-Gresham
Xiaosong Zhang
Dao Le, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Michael Heung
Vahakn Shahinian
Hal Morgenstern
Rajiv Saran

Publication/Presentation Date

1-4-2021

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines whether removal of the Black race coefficient from a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equation is associated with a change in the estimated prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general Black population and among Black veterans in the US.

Volume

4

Issue

1

First Page

2035636

Last Page

2035636

ISSN

2574-3805

Published In/Presented At

Bragg-Gresham, J., Zhang, X., Le, D., Heung, M., Shahinian, V., Morgenstern, H., & Saran, R. (2021). Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Black Individuals in the US After Removal of the Black Race Coefficient From a Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimating Equation. JAMA network open, 4(1), e2035636. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.35636

Disciplines

Medical Education | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

33512516

Department(s)

USF-LVHN SELECT Program, USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students

Document Type

Article