Sedaghat and colleagues analyzed associations of dementia and stroke with eGFR using an equation that included cystatin C and eliminated race. They then compared risks when eGFR was calculated ...

One of the early products of the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) study has been an updated equation for estimating GFR in children on the basis of demographic and laboratory parameters.

Results were similar if the Cockcroft–Gault formula was used to calculate eGFR. Importantly, the study also found that the risk of cardiovascular and renal events was higher in patients with ...