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. 2021 May 18;2021:5520653. doi: 10.1155/2021/5520653

Table 3.

Predictive performance of equations estimating glomerular filtration rate compared with creatinine clearance (CrCl24h-urine) measured by 24-hour urine collection.

CrCl24h-urine CGactual-wt CGideal-wt CGadjusted-wt MDRD-4 MDRD-6 CKD-EPI Jelliffe
Data from the first 237 urine collections (all 237 patients)
GFR estimate (mlH/min) ±SD 108.4 ± 68.9 129.6 ± 65.6 113.5 ± 59.2 119.9 ± 59.9 108.9 ± 52.5 102.2 ± 48.7 102.1 ± 40.4 102.0 ± 49.3
Coefficient of variation (%) 63.6 50.6 52.2 50.0 48.2 47.7 39.6 48.3
Correlation 0.77 0.71 0.75 0.63 0.62 0.67 0.66
Bias (ml/min) 21.1 5.0 11.5 0.5 −10.5 −6.3 −6.4
Precision (ml/min) ±46.0 ±49.9 ±45.9 ±54.2 ±53.9 ±51.6 ±51.9
Error (%) 77.3 90.0 80.4 99.7 100.4 98.0 98.6
Accuracy
 ±15% 12.7 27.4 30.0 25.7 22.8 28.3 25.7
 ±30% 49.4 48.1 51.2 48.9 47.4 48.9 49.4
 ±50% 66.7 72.2 71.3 69.2 75.1 70.5 57.4

Data from the 453 urine collections (all 237 patients)
GFR estimate (ml/min) ±SD 102.7 ± 65.4 130.1 ± 65.9 114.9 ± 60.2 121.0 ± 60.6 109.8 ± 52.1 99.8 ± 47.1 103.2 ± 40.0 103.2 ± 49.3
Coefficient of variation (%) 63.7 50.7 52.4 50.1 47.4 47.2 38.8 47.8
Correlation 0.79 0.75 0.79 0.67 0.66 0.67 0.70
Bias (ml/min) 27.4 12.3 18.3 7.1 −5.7 0.53 0.53
Precision (ml/min) ±43.0 ±44.3 ±40.9 ±49.1 ±49.3 ±47.2 ±46.8
Error (%) 73.9 81.5 73.2 92.5 96.1 91.8 90.9

Accuracy
 ±15% 24.1 27.8 29.1 26.7 27.5 28.0 26.7
 ±30% 42.8 47.5 49.2 49.9 50.5 50.3 50.8
 ±50% 60.0 69.3 66.2 69.3 73.5 69.8 72.2

Urine collections with CrCl 24h-urine< 30 ml/min (N= 72)
GFR estimate (ml/min) ±SD 13.3 ± 8.4 39.7 ± 25.7 30.8 ± 25.7 34.4 ± 25.6 34.4 ± 33.3 32.1 ± 28.4 38.2 ± 30.6 33.7 ± 27.9
Coefficient of variation (%) 63.2 64.7 83.4 74.4 96.8 88.5 80.1 82.8
Correlation 0.58 0.50 0.54 0.55 0.58 0.56 0.54
Bias (ml/min) 26.4 17.6 21.1 21.1 18.7 25.0 20.4
Precision (ml/min) ±21.9 ±22.7 ±21.8 ±29.5 ±24.4 ±26.9 ±24.4

Accuracy
 ±15% 1.4 16.7 5.6 12.5 13.1 11.1 8.3
 ±30% 6.9 23.6 15.3 26.4 27.9 23.6 19.4
 ±50% 11.1 36.1 23.6 36.1 39.3 30.6 31.9

Urine collections with CrCl 24h-urine 30–59.9 ml/min (N=68)
GFR estimate (ml/min) ±SD 45.3 ± 8.6 85.6 ± 34.5 76.9 ± 37.3 80.4 ± 35.4 84.8 ± 40.6 73.8 ± 36.5 86.3 ± 29.5 76.0 ± 35.3
Correlation 0.44 0.46 0.46 0.30 0.46 0.35 0.33
Coefficient of variation (%) 19.0 40.3 48.5 44.0 47.9 49.5 34.2 46.4
Bias (ml/min) 40.3 31.6 35.1 39.5 28.4 41.0 30.6
Precision (ml/min) ±31.7 ±34.3 ±32.4 ±38.9 ±33.5 ±27.6 ±33.5

Accuracy
 ±15% 5.9 11.8 14.7 7.4 15.5 7.4 11.8
 ±30% 16.2 26.5 25.0 20.6 32.8 14.7 35.3
 ±50% 27.9 44.1 39.7 38.2 53.4 23.5 51.5

Urine collections with CrCl 24h-urine 60–129.9 ml/min (N=156)
97.8 ± 20.5 134.2 ± 44.5 121.6 ± 43.8 126.6 ± 41.9 120.8 ± 37.6 107.7 ± 35.5 114.2 ± 26.4 111.7 ± 36.2
Coefficient of variation (%) 21.0 33.2 36.0 33.1 31.1 33.0 23.1 32.4
Correlation 0.37 0.38 0.40 0.12 0.18 0.32 0.23
Bias (ml/min) 36.4 23.8 28.8 23.0 9.6 16.4 13.9
Precision (ml/min) ±41.6 ±40.6 ±38.7 ±40.7 ±37.6 ±20.7 ±37.2

Accuracy
 ±15% 24.4 27.6 29.5 27.6 32.6 42.3 28.8
 ±30% 44.2 46.2 49.4 53.8 54.5 61.5 55.8
 ±50% 66.7 71.8 69.2 72.4 73.1 84.0 78.8

Urine collection with CrCl 24h-urine> 130 ml/min (N=157)
GFR estimate (ml/min) ±SD 173.3 ± 41.6 186.6 ± 44.2 163.3 ± 37.6 172.6 ± 34.3 144.1 ± 32.3 130.3 ± 30.5 129.4 ± 16.3 138.4 ± 31.3
Coefficient of variation (%) 24.0 23.7 23.0 19.9 22.4 23.4 12.6 22.6
Correlation 0.29 0.20 0.28 0.22 0.14 0.14 0.20
Bias (ml/min) 13.3 −10.0 −0.7 −29.2 −43.7 −44.0 −34.9
Precision (ml/min) ±51.3 ±50.0 ±45.8 ±46.7 ±48.2 ±42.5 ±46.8

Accuracy
 ±15% 42.0 40.1 45.9 40.8 33.1 30.6 39.5
 ±30% 69.4 68.8 75.2 69.4 57.4 66.9 66.9
 ±50% 89.8 93.0 94.3 94.9 88.5 93.6 93.0

CKD-EPI: chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration; CG: Cockroft-Gault; CrCl24h-urine: creatinine clearance measured by 24-hour urine collection; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; MDRD: modification of diet in renal disease study; SD: standard deviation. CGactual-wt: the CG equation was calculated using actual body weight. CGideal-wt: the CG equation was calculated using ideal body weight. CGadjusted-wt: the CG equation was calculated using adjusted body weight. MDRD-4: the MDRD equation was calculated using four variables. MDRD-6: the MDRD equation was calculated using six variables. p < 0.05 using one-sided t test indicating that the bias was significant.