Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Black Individuals in the US After Removal of the Black Race Coefficient From a Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimating Equation

Jennifer Bragg-Gresham; Xiaosong Zhang; Dao Le; Michael Heung; Vahakn Shahinian; Hal Morgenstern; Rajiv Saran

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.35636

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Black Individuals in the US After Removal of the Black Race Coefficient From a Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimating Equation

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2035636. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.35636.

Authors

Jennifer Bragg-Gresham^{1

2}, Xiaosong Zhang^{1

2}, Dao Le³, Michael Heung^{1

2}, Vahakn Shahinian^{1

2

4}, Hal Morgenstern^{4

5

6}, Rajiv Saran^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa.
⁴ Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁶ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines whether removal of the Black race coefficient from a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equation is associated with a change in the estimated prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general Black population and among Black veterans in the US.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Biomarkers / blood
Black or African American*
Creatinine / blood
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
Prevalence
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / ethnology*
United States / epidemiology
Veterans*

Substances

Biomarkers
Creatinine