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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Nephrol. 2013 Dec 19;39(1):8–15. doi: 10.1159/000357231

Table 2.

Comparison of Estimated to Measured GFR Before and After Bariatric Surgery

BEFORE SURGERY Expressed as ml/min Expressed as ml/min/1.73

Bias- median difference*
  MDRD −9.0 −7.0
  CKD-EPIcreat −18.2 −13.5
  CKD-EPIcystC 22.6 15.6
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 1.6 1.0

Precision- IQR of difference*
  MDRD 41.3 33.8
  CKD-EPIcreat 46.9 33.0
  CKD-EPIcystC 45.1 36.3
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 35.0 28.4

Accuracy- root mean squared error
  MDRD 0.34 0.26
  CKD-EPIcreat 0.37 0.27
  CKD-EPIcystC 0.46 0.34
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 0.34 0.26

Accuracy- %
 P15
  MDRD 30.6 30.6
  CKD-EPIcreat 44.4 44.4
  CKD-EPIcystC 30.6 30.6
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 41.7 41.7
 P30
  MDRD 72.2 72.2
  CKD-EPIcreat 58.3 58.3
  CKD-EPIcystC 52.8 52.8
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 80.6 80.6

AFTER SURGERY

Bias- median difference*
  MDRD −18.5 −15.2
  CKD-EPIcreat −20.0 −18.7
  CKD-EPIcystC 18.2 15.6
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC −4.7 −3.9

Precision- IQR of difference*
  MDRD 27.0 30.4
  CKD-EPIcreat 33.0 29.6
  CKD-EPIcystC 28.4 29.9
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 21.6 23.4

Accuracy- root mean squared error
  MDRD 0.36 0.30
  CKD-EPIcreat 0.36 0.30
  CKD-EPIcystC 0.35 0.30
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 0.27 0.23

Accuracy- %
 P15
  MDRD 30.6 30.6
  CKD-EPIcreat 30.6 30.6
  CKD-EPIcystC 27.8 27.8
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 58.3 58.3
 P30
  MDRD 55.6 55.6
  CKD-EPIcreat 52.8 52.8
  CKD-EPIcystC 66.7 66.7
  CKD-EPIcreat-cystC 83.3 83.3

IQR, interquartile range; 1-P15, percentage of estimates that differed from mGFR by more than 15%; 1-P30, percentage of estimates that differed from mGFR by more than 30%

*

in ml/min for left column and ml/min/1.73m2 for right column