A cystatin C-based formula without anthropometric variables estimates glomerular filtration rate better than creatinine clearance using the Cockcroft-Gault formula

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-162

  Grubb, Anders ^a   Bjork J ^a   Lindstrom V ^a   Sterner, G ^b   Bondesson, P ^a   Nyman, U ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b University Hospital   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Kidney disease

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COCKCROFT GAULT FORMULA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY DISEASES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 17644380635     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510510013596     Document Type: Article

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