Reconsidering the Consequences of Using Race to Estimate Kidney Function
JAMA
.
2019 Jul 9;322(2):113-114.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.5774.
Authors
Nwamaka Denise Eneanya
1
2
,
Wei Yang
3
,
Peter Philip Reese
1
3
Affiliations
1
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
2
Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
3
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
PMID:
31169890
DOI:
10.1001/jama.2019.5774
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Black or African American*
Glomerular Filtration Rate*
Humans
Kidney / physiology
Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
Kidney Diseases / ethnology*
Kidney Diseases / surgery
Kidney Transplantation
Racial Groups
United States