Adjustment for race in the estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is inappropriate in the British postnatal population

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2014 May:176:200-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.02.010. Epub 2014 Feb 15.

Authors

Anna L Roberts¹, Alastair Ferraro², Amanda Green³, Pam Loughna², Fiona Broughton-Pipkin²

Affiliations

¹ Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust/University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust/University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
³ Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust/University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

PMID: 24613508
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.02.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Black People
Creatinine / blood
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate*
Humans
Kidney Diseases / ethnology*

Substances

Creatinine