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Is the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration creatinine–cystatin C equation useful for glomerular filtration rate estimation in the elderly?

Xun Liu, Huijuan Ma, Cheng Wang, Hua Tang, Ming Li, Yanni Wang, Tanqi Lou, Hui Huang

Clinical Interventions in Aging · 2013 · 26 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Compared with the creatinine-based equations, the CKD-EPI creatinine-cystatin C equation is more suitable for the elderly Chinese population. However, the cost-effectiveness of the CKD-EPI creatinine-cystatin C equation for clinical use should be considered.

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