Research Article
The Implication of Dropping Race from the MDRD Equation to Estimate GFR in an African American-Only Cohort
Table 2
CKD staging of patients according to the respective eGFR formulas from a cohort of 327 AA patients.
| | eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) | Number of patients according to estimation formulas (%) | | MDRD | MDRDrace removed | CKD EPI | CKD EPIrace removed |
| | >60 | 183 (56) | 110 (33.6) | 168 (51.4) | 130 (39.8) | | 45–60 | 85 (26) | 96 (29.4) | 86 (26.3) | 84 (25.7 | | 30–45 | 37 (11.3) | 78 (23.9) | 47 (14.4) | 69 (21.1) | | 15–30 | 22 (6.7) | 35 (10.7) | 23 (7.) | 37(11.3) | | <15 | 0 | 8 (2.4) | 3 (0.9) | 7 (2.1) |
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