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Comparison of glomerular filtration rate estimating equations derived from creatinine and cystatin C : Validation in the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik elderly cohort

Björk, Jonas LU ; Grubb, Anders LU orcid ; Gudnason, Vilmundur ; Indridason, Olafur S. ; Levey, Andrew S. ; Palsson, Runolfur and Nyman, Ulf LU (2018) In Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 33(8). p.1380-1388
Abstract

Background. Validation studies comparing glomerular filtration rate (GFR) equations based on standardized creatinine and cystatin C assays in the elderly are needed. The Icelandic Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Kidney cohort was used to compare two pairs of recently developed GFR equations, the revised Lund-Malmö creatinine equation (LMRCr) and the arithmetic mean of the LMRCr and Caucasian, Asian, Paediatric and Adult cystatin C equations (MEANLMRþCAPA), as well as the Full Age Spectrum creatinine equation (FASCr) and its combination with cystatin C (FASCrþCys), with the corresponding pair of Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equations... (More)

Background. Validation studies comparing glomerular filtration rate (GFR) equations based on standardized creatinine and cystatin C assays in the elderly are needed. The Icelandic Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Kidney cohort was used to compare two pairs of recently developed GFR equations, the revised Lund-Malmö creatinine equation (LMRCr) and the arithmetic mean of the LMRCr and Caucasian, Asian, Paediatric and Adult cystatin C equations (MEANLMRþCAPA), as well as the Full Age Spectrum creatinine equation (FASCr) and its combination with cystatin C (FASCrþCys), with the corresponding pair of Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equations (CKD-EPICr and CKD-EPICrþCys). Methods. A total of 805 individuals, 74-93 years of age, underwent measurement of GFR (mGFR) using plasma clearance of iohexol. Four metrics were used to compare the performance of the GFR equations: bias, precision, accuracy [including the percentage of participants with estimated GFR (eGFR) within 30% of mGFR (P30)] and the ability to detect mGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Results. All equations had a P30 >90%. LMRCr and FASCr yielded significantly higher precision and P30 than CKD-EPICr, while bias was significantly worse. LMRCr, FASCr and CKD-EPICr showed similar ability to detect mGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 based on the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves. MEANLMRþCAPA, FASCrþCys and CKD-EPICrþCys all exhibited consistent improvements compared with the corresponding creatinine-based equations. Conclusion. None of the creatinine-based equations was clearly superior overall in this community-dwelling elderly cohort. The addition of cystatin C improved all of the creatinine-based equations.

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Chronic kidney disease, Elderly, Glomerular filtration rate, Kidney function tests, Renal failure
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
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33
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9 pages
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Oxford University Press
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  • scopus:85055350958
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0931-0509
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10.1093/ndt/gfx272
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Background. Validation studies comparing glomerular filtration rate (GFR) equations based on standardized creatinine and cystatin C assays in the elderly are needed. The Icelandic Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Kidney cohort was used to compare two pairs of recently developed GFR equations, the revised Lund-Malmö creatinine equation (LMR<sub>Cr</sub>) and the arithmetic mean of the LMR<sub>Cr</sub> and Caucasian, Asian, Paediatric and Adult cystatin C equations (MEAN<sub>LMR</sub>þ<sub>CAPA</sub>), as well as the Full Age Spectrum creatinine equation (FAS<sub>Cr</sub>) and its combination with cystatin C (FAS<sub>Cr</sub>þ<sub>Cys</sub>), with the corresponding pair of Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equations (CKD-EPI<sub>Cr</sub> and CKD-EPI<sub>Cr</sub>þ<sub>Cys</sub>). Methods. A total of 805 individuals, 74-93 years of age, underwent measurement of GFR (mGFR) using plasma clearance of iohexol. Four metrics were used to compare the performance of the GFR equations: bias, precision, accuracy [including the percentage of participants with estimated GFR (eGFR) within 30% of mGFR (P<sub>30</sub>)] and the ability to detect mGFR &lt;60 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup>. Results. All equations had a P<sub>30</sub> &gt;90%. LMR<sub>Cr</sub> and FAS<sub>Cr</sub> yielded significantly higher precision and P<sub>30</sub> than CKD-EPI<sub>Cr</sub>, while bias was significantly worse. LMR<sub>Cr</sub>, FAS<sub>Cr</sub> and CKD-EPI<sub>Cr</sub> showed similar ability to detect mGFR &lt;60 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup> based on the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves. MEAN<sub>LMR</sub>þCAPA, FAS<sub>Cr</sub>þ<sub>Cys</sub> and CKD-EPI<sub>Cr</sub>þ<sub>Cys</sub> all exhibited consistent improvements compared with the corresponding creatinine-based equations. Conclusion. None of the creatinine-based equations was clearly superior overall in this community-dwelling elderly cohort. The addition of cystatin C improved all of the creatinine-based equations.</p>}},
  author       = {{Björk, Jonas and Grubb, Anders and Gudnason, Vilmundur and Indridason, Olafur S. and Levey, Andrew S. and Palsson, Runolfur and Nyman, Ulf}},
  issn         = {{0931-0509}},
  keywords     = {{Chronic kidney disease; Elderly; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney function tests; Renal failure}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{8}},
  pages        = {{1380--1388}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation}},
  title        = {{Comparison of glomerular filtration rate estimating equations derived from creatinine and cystatin C : Validation in the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik elderly cohort}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfx272}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/ndt/gfx272}},
  volume       = {{33}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}