Predicted creatinine clearance to evaluate glomerular filtration rate in black Caribbean subjects

• Published in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 1307 - 1310
• Main Authors: Mpio, Ignace, Laville, Maurice, Hadj‐Aïssa, Aoumeur, Fauvel, Jean‐Pierre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.07.2003
• Subjects: Adult; African Continental Ancestry Group; Biological and medical sciences; black patients; Body Mass Index; Caribbean Region - ethnology; Cockcroft–Gault; creatinine; Creatinine - pharmacokinetics; Creatinine - urine; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; GFR; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Hemodynamics; Humans; Kidney Diseases - diagnosis; Kidney Diseases - ethnology; Kidney Diseases - urine; Kidneys; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Predictive Value of Tests; renal function; Reproducibility of Results; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Caribbean Region; Creatinine; Human; Hypertension; Measurement; Kidney disease; Urinary system disease; Glomerular filtration; Negroid; Cardiovascular disease; Ethnic group; Cockcroft-Gault; GFR; black patients; renal function; Caucasoid

Background and methods. Although Caribbean people have been a lesser‐studied ethnic group than other populations, they have a high burden of hypertension and renal disease. Because Caribbean people have a greater muscle mass than Caucasians, this study examined the accuracy of creatinine‐based estim...