Estimating GFR in the oldest old: does it matter what equation we use?

Age Ageing. 2011 May;40(3):401-5. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afr033. Epub 2011 Mar 31.

Authors

Gijs Van Pottelbergh¹, Bert Vaes, Johann Morelle, Michel Jadoul, Pierre Wallemacq, Jan Degryse

Affiliation

¹ Institut de recherche santé et société, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs 30, bte 3005, 1200 Brussels, Belgium. gijs.vanpottelbergh@med.kuleuven.be

PMID: 21454345
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr033

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Belgium / epidemiology
Calibration
Creatinine / blood*
Cystatin C / blood*
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate*
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / epidemiology
Male
Mathematics
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Prospective Studies

Substances

Cystatin C
Creatinine