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. 2022 Jan 27;14(1):45–61. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i1.45

Table 2.

Main formulas for measurement of glomerular filtration rate

Formulas
Cockcroft Gault [(140 – age) × weight]/[(72 × Scr) × (0.85 if female)]
MDRD 4 175 × (Scr)-1.154 × (age)-0.203 × (0.742 if female) × (1.212 if black)
MDRD 6 198 × (Scr)-0.858 × (age)-0.1678 × (0.822 if female) × (1.178 if black) × (Ur)-0.293 × (urine urea nitrogen excretion g/d)0.249
CKD-EPI creatinine equation 141 × min (creat/κ, 1)α × max (creat/κ, 1)-1.209 × 0.993age × (1.018 if female) × (1.159 if black)

Age in years; Weight in kg; κ is 0.7 for females and 0.9 for males; α is -0.329 for females and -0.411 for males. MDRD: Modification of diet in renal disease; CKD-EPI: Chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration; Scr: Serum creatinine; Ur: Urea concentration; Min: Minimum of creat/κ or 1; Max: Maximum of creat/κ or 1.