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Oxford University Press, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 4(24), p. 1197-1205, 2008

DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn594

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Predictivity of survival according to different equations for estimating renal function in community-dwelling elderly subjects

Journal article published in 2008 by Francesco Pizzarelli, Fulvio Lauretani ORCID, Stefania Bandinelli, Gwen B. Windham, Anna Maria Corsi, Sandra V. Giannelli, Luigi Ferrucci, Jack M. Guralnik
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Abstract

Background. Detection of subjects with early chronic kidney disease (CKD) is important because some will progress up to stage 5 CKD, and most are at high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. While validity and precision of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations in tracking true GFR have been repeatedly investigated, their prognostic performance for mortality has not been hitherto compared. This is especially relevant in an elderly population in whom the risk of death is far more common than progression.