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. 2014 Jan 13;9(1):e84688. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084688

Table 1. Equations to predict glomerular filtration rate.

Name Year Gender Scr Scys Equation
C-MDRD 2006 175×Scr−1.234×age−0.179(×0.79,if female)
MacIsaac 2006 (86.7/Scys)-4.2
Ma 2007 169×Scr−0.608×Scys−0.63×age−0.157(×0.83,if female)
CKD-EPI2009Scr 2009 female ≤0.7 144× (Scr/0.7)−0.329×0.993age(×1.159,if black)
>0.7 144× (Scr/0.7)−1.209×0.993age(×1.159,if black)
male ≤0.9 141× (Scr/0.9)−0.411×0.993age(×1.159,if black)
>0.9 141× (Scr/0.9)−1.209×0.993age(×1.159,if black)
CKD-EPI2012cys 2012 female ≤0.8 133× (Scys/0.8)−0.499×0.996age×0.932
>0.8 133× (Scys/0.8)−1.328×0.996age×0.932
male ≤0.8 133× (Scys/0.8)−0.499×0.996age
>0.8 133× (Scys/0.8)−1.328×0.996age
CKD-EPI2012Scr-cys 2012 female ≤0.7 ≤0.8 130× (Scr/0.7)−0.248× (Scys/0.8)−0.375×0.995age(×1.08,if black)
>0.8 130× (Scr/0.7)−0.248× (Scys/0.8)−0.711×0.995age(×1.08,if black)
>0.7 ≤0.8 130× (Scr/0.7)−0.601× (Scys/0.8)−0.375×0.995age(×1.08,if black)
>0.8 130× (Scr/0.7)−0.601× (Scys/0.8)−0.711×0.995age(×1.08,if black)
male ≤0.9 ≤0.8 135× (Scr/0.9)−0.207× (Scys/0.8)−0.375×0.995age(×1.08,if black)
>0.8 135× (Scr/0.9)−0.207× (Scys/0.8)−0.711×0.995age(×1.08,if black)
>0.9 ≤0.8 135× (Scr/0.9)−0.601× (Scys/0.8)−0.375×0.995age(×1.08,if black)
>0.8 135× (Scr/0.9)−0.601× (Scys/0.8)−0.711×0.995age(×1.08,if black)

Note: Scr was shown as mg/dL; Scys was shown as mg/L; age was shown as years.

Abbreviations: Scr: serum creatinine; Scys: serum cystatin C; C-MDRD: the Chinese modified Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation; CKD-EPI: Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration; CKD-EPI2009Scr: serum creatinine–based CKD-EPI equation which was developed in 2009; CKD-EPI2012cys: cystatin C–based CKD-EPI equation which was newly developed in 2012; CKD-EPI2012Scr-cys: serum creatinine– and cystatin C–based CKD-EPI equation which was newly developed in 2012.