EKFC.creat {nephro}

EKFC equation for serum creatinine

Description

EKFC equation for serum creatinine modified from FAS equation

Usage

EKFC.creat(creatinine, sex, age)

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

Value

The function returns a numeric vector with eGFR values in ml/min/1.73 m^2.

Author(s)

Janina Herold

References

Pottel, H, et al. Development and Validation of a Modified Full Age Spectrum Creatinine-Based Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate : A Cross-sectional Analysis of Pooled Data. N Engl J Med 2021; 174: 183-191.

See Also

EKFC.cys, CKDEpi.creat