Different equations to combine creatinine and cystatin C to predict GFR. Arithmetic mean of existing equations performs as well as complex combinations

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 619-627

  Nyman, Ulf ^a,d   Grubb, Anders ^b   Sterner, Gunnar ^c   Björk, Jonas ^b  

^a Lasarettet Trelleborg ^*  (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c University Hospital   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney disease; Kidney function tests; Renal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; IOHEXOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROC CURVE;

EID: 70249092880     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510902946992     Document Type: Article

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