A new modified CKD-EPI equation for Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.

OBJECTIVE: To improve the performance of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equation in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients by modification of the CKD-EPI equation. DESIGN AND PATIENTS: A total of 1196 subjects were enrolled. Measured GFR was calibrated to the dual plasma sample 99mTc-DTPA-GFR...

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Main Authors: Xun Liu, Xiaoliang Gan, Jinxia Chen, Linsheng Lv, Ming Li, Tanqi Lou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4196932?pdf=render