EKFC.cys {nephro}

EKFC equation for cystatin C

Description

EKFC equation for cystatin C that includes the sex coefficient, as proposed by Pottel et al., N Engl J Med 2023

Usage

EKFC.cys(cystatin, sex, age)

Arguments

cystatin

Numeric vector with serum or plasma cystatin C values in mg/l

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. Cystatin C-Based Equation to Estimate GFR without the Inclusion of Race and Sex. N Engl J Med 2023; 388: 333-343.

See Also

EKFC_SF.cys