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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Jun 7;16(2):162–177.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.05.041

Table 1.

GFR and Cr Clearance Estimating Equations Validated in Patients with Cirrhosis

GFR and Cr Clearance Estimating Equations Original GFR Equation Development Studies Renal Marker Used Population from which the GFR Equation was Derived Most Recent External Validation Studies in Patients with Cirrhosis
Cr Equations Cockcroft-Gault12 Cockcroft and Gault (1976)12 Cr Patients from Queen Mary Veterans’ Hospital Francoz (2010)26, Mindikoglu (2014)9
MDRD-417-19 Levey (1999)17, Levey (2006)18, Levey (2007)19 Cr CKD Francoz (2010)26, Francoz (2014)25, De Souza (2014)24, Mindikoglu (2014)9, Cholongitas (2017)23, Kalafateli (2017)15
MDRD-617-19 Levey (1999)17, Levey (2006)18, Levey (2007)19 Cr CKD Francoz (2014)25, De Souza (2014)24, Mindikoglu (2014)9, Kalafateli (2017)15
CKD-EPI Cr 2020 Levey (2009)20 Cr With and without CKD Francoz (2010)26, Francoz (2014)25, De Souza (2014)24, Mindikoglu (2014)9, Cholongitas (2017)23, Kalafateli (2017)15
Royal Free Hospital Cirrhosis GFR15 Kalafateli (2017)15 Cr Cirrhosis Kalafateli (2017)15
Cystatin C Equations LARSSON16 Larsson (2004)16 Cystatin C University Hospital MAS Mindikoglu (2014)9, Cholongitas (2017)23
HOEK13 Hoek (2003)13 Cystatin C With suspected or established renal dysfunction De Souza (2014)24, Mindikoglu (2014)9, Cholongitas (2017)23
CKD-EPI Cystatin C (2012)14 Inker (2012)14 Cystatin C With and without CKD De Souza (2014)24, Mindikoglu (2014)9, Cholongitas (2017)23, Kalafateli (2017)15
Cr-Cystatin C Equations STEVENS22 Stevens (2008)22 Combined Cr and cystatin C CKD Mindikoglu (2014)9
CKD-EPI Cr-Cystatin C (2012)14 Inker (2012)14 Combined Cr and cystatin C With and without CKD De Souza (2014)24, Mindikoglu (2014)9, Cholongitas (2017)23, Kalafateli (2017)15
Cr-Cystatin C GFR Equation for Cirrhosis21 Mindikoglu (2016)21 Combined Cr and cystatin C Cirrhosis Cholongitas (2017)23