The failure of glomerular filtration rate estimating equations among obese population

Background Obesity is a major public health with increasing numbers of obese individuals are at risk for kidney disease. However, the validity of serum creatinine-based glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equations in obese population is yet to be determined. Methods We evaluated the perform...

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Main Authors: Piyawan Kittiskulnam, Krittaya Tiskajornsiri, Pisut Katavetin, Tawatchai Chaiwatanarat, Somchai Eiam-Ong, Kearkiat Praditpornsilpa, Giuseppe Remuzzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673537/?tool=EBI