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
- pass · Scr 1.0 mg/dL, age 50, M: expected 91.69, got 91.69
- pass · Scr 1.28 mg/dL, age 65, M: expected 62.11, got 62.11
- pass · Scr 0.7 mg/dL, age 40, F: expected 112.05, got 112.05
- pass · Scr 1.0 mg/dL, age 60, F: expected 64.5, got 64.50
- pass · Scr 2.0 mg/dL, age 70, M: expected 35.24, got 35.24
- pass · Scr 4.0 mg/dL, age 70, M: expected 15.34, got 15.34
- pass · Scr 1.45 mg/dL, age 71, M: expected 51.5, got 51.52
- pass · Scr 1.55 mg/dL, age 71, M: expected 47.6, got 47.56
- pass · Scr 2.4 mg/dL, age 71, M: expected 28.1, got 28.14