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eGFR, CKD-EPI 2021 creatinine equation (race-free)

Estimate the kidney filtering rate from creatinine, age and sex (2021 equation, no race term).

Rule and version
ckd_epi_2021@1.0
Published source
Inker LA, Eneanya ND, Coresh J, et al. New creatinine- and cystatin C-based equations to estimate GFR without race. N Engl J Med 2021;385:1737-49. Equation as restated by the National Kidney Foundation (CKD-EPI Creatinine Equation, 2021). https://www.kidney.org/ckd-epi-creatinine-equation-2021
Edition
Inker et al., N Engl J Med 2021;385:1737-49 (2021 race-free eGFR equation)
Effective
from 2021-09-23
Role
primary equation for every eGFR on the screen
Status
draft: encoded from the published source; not yet signed off by a clinical reviewer
Clinical reviewer
—
Coding reviewer
—
Sponsor
none
Body hash
2bc35edbf2f801a13194a537bb67b28d8c3b0175462b716b9f23c6c51f581517

Thresholds and parameters

{
  "age": "whole years at the collection date",
  "age_base": 0.9938,
  "alpha": {
    "F": -0.241,
    "M": -0.302
  },
  "exp_above": -1.2,
  "female_factor": 1.012,
  "formula": "eGFR = 142 x min(Scr/k, 1)^a x max(Scr/k, 1)^-1.200 x 0.9938^age x 1.012 [if female]",
  "intercept": 142,
  "kappa": {
    "F": 0.7,
    "M": 0.9
  },
  "loinc_creatinine": "2160-0",
  "report_decimals": 1,
  "unit": "mg/dL"
}

Boundary tests: 9/9 pass