CKDEpi.creat {nephro}

CKD-EPI equation for serum creatinine

Description

GFR is estimated with the CKD-EPI Study equation based on IDMS serum or plasma creatinine.

Usage

CKDEpi.creat(creatinine, sex, age, ethnicity)

Arguments

creatinine

Numeric vector with serum or plasma creatinine values in mg/dl

sex

Numeric vector with 0 for females and 1 for males

age

Numeric vector with age in years

ethnicity

Numeric vector with 0 for non-Black and 1 for Black individuals

Value

A numeric vector with eGFR values in ml/min/1.73 m^2.

Author(s)

Cristian Pattaro

References

Inker LA, et al. Estimating glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine and cystatin C. N Engl J Med 2012; 367: 20-29.

See Also

CKDEpi.creat.cys, CKDEpi.cys, CKDEpi_RF.creat