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. 2020 Jun 13;13(4):674–683. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfaa039

Table 2.

Bias, precision, accuracy (95% CIs) of CKD-EPI, FAS and LMR in the CKD and community cohorts

Equations Bias Precision Absolute error (%) P10 (%) P30 (%)
(mL/min/1.73m2) (mL/min/1.73m2)
CKD cohorts (n=8365)
 CKD-EPI 3.8 (3.5–4.1) 16.6 (16.1–17.0) 16.0 (15.6–16.4) 33.4 (32.3–34.4) 76.6 (75.7–77.5)
 FAS 3.3 (3.0–3.6) 15.5 (15.0–16.0) 15.3 (14.9–15.7) 34.3 (33.3–35.3) 76.5 (75.6–77.4)
 LMR −1.4 (−1.7, −1.1) 14.4 (14.0–14.8) 14.1 (13.8–14.5) 35.9 (34.9–37.0) 83.5 (82.7–84.3)
Community cohorts (n=6759)
 CKD-EPI 2.1 (1.8–2.6) 17.2 (16.7–17.7) 10.4 (10.1–10.7) 48.6 (47.4–49.8) 91.0 (90.4–91.7)
 FAS −1.4 (−1.8, −1.0) 17.8 (17.3–18.3) 10.8 (10.5–11.0) 46.9 (45.7–48.0) 91.9 (91.3–92.6)
 LMR −6.7 (−7.0, −6.4) 16.7 (16.2–17.1) 11.5 (11.2–11.8) 43.7 (42.5–44.9) 92.8 (92.1–93.4)

Median bias (eGFR − mGFR) and precision (IQR) expressed in mL/min/1.73m2, absolute error expressed as median absolute percentage error |eGFRmGFR|/mGFR and P10 and P30 accuracy (percentage of GFR estimates within 10% and 30% of mGFR).