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. 2011 Aug;6(8):1963–1972. doi: 10.2215/CJN.02300311

Table 2.

Percentage of patients with mGFR in the same eGFR range calculated using the CKD-EPI equation and MDRD equation

eGFR range Equation Patient Group
Potential Kidney Donors (n = 583) Postnephrectomy Kidney Donors (n = 97) Native CKD (n = 2324) Kidney Recipients (n = 1375) Other Organ Recipients (n = 859)
>90 CKD-EPI 86% 80% 63% 31% 55%
MDRD 90% 100% 66% 41% 64%
60 to 89 CKD-EPI 50% 85% 58% 55% 54%
MDRD 38% 77% 51% 62% 55%
45 to 59 CKD-EPI 27% 30% 46% 42% 49%
MDRD 15% 18% 40% 44% 46%
30 to 44 CKD-EPI 31% 58% 54% 59%
MDRD 27% 46% 50% 55%
15 to 29 CKD-EPI 68% 69% 57%
MDRD 67% 63% 51%
<15 CKD-EPI 72% 80% 71%
MDRD 72% 75% 57%

CKD-EPI, Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration; MDRD, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease; eGFR, estimated GFR; mGFR, measured GFR.