Revised calculator could cut CKD overdiagnosis, study finds
The researchers compared the 2009 and 2021 versions of the CKD-EPI equation using data from the ASPREE study.
Using an updated chronic kidney disease calculator could reduce unnecessary diagnoses and nephrology referrals, researchers have argued in The Medical Journal Australia.
The researchers compared the 2009 and 2021 versions of the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation, using data from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study, which followed over 16,000 Australians aged 70 and above.
