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. 2020 Jul 18;2020:2141038. doi: 10.1155/2020/2141038

Table 1.

CKD-EPI equations for GFR estimating.

Equation 1: serum creatinine ([5])
Gender Creatinine (mg/dL)
Male ≤0.9 GFR = 144 × (sCr/0.9)−0.411 × 0.993age × (1.159 if black)
>0.9 GFR = 144 × (sCr/0.9)−1.209 × 0.993age × (1.159 if black)
Female ≤0.7 GFR = 141 × (sCr/0.7)−0.329 × 0.993age × (1.159 if black)
>0.7 GFR = 141 × (sCr/0.7)−1.209 × 0.993age × (1.159 if black)

Equation 2: combination of serum creatinine and serum cystatin C ([3])
Gender Creatinine (mg/dL)
Male ≤0.9 GFR = 135 × (sCr/0.9)−0.207 × (sCys/0.8)a × 0.995age × (1.08 if black)
>0.9 GFR = 135 × (sCr/0.9)−0.601 × (sCys/0.8)a × 0.995age × (1.08 if black)
Female ≤0.7 GFR = 130 × (sCr/0.7)−0.248 × (sCys/0.8)a × 0.995age × (1.08 if black)
>0.7 GFR = 130 × (sCr/0.7)−0.601 × (sCys/0.8)a × 0.995age × (1.08 if black)
a = −0.375 if sCys ≤0.8 mg/L or −0.711 if sCys >0.8 mg/L

GFR, glomerular filtration rate; sCr, serum creatinine; sCys, serum cystatin C.