Race, ancestry, and genetic risk for kidney failure

Susanne B Nicholas; Chandra L Ford; Keith C Norris

doi:10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100726

Race, ancestry, and genetic risk for kidney failure

Cell Rep Med. 2022 Aug 16;3(8):100726. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100726.

Authors

Susanne B Nicholas¹, Chandra L Ford², Keith C Norris³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: kcnorris@mednet.ucla.edu.

Abstract

In a retrospective analysis of over 62,000 Black and non-Black participants from eight United States cohorts, Gutiérrez et al.¹ examined estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations to assess racial differences in kidney failure requiring replacement therapy and in mortality across different equations.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Glomerular Filtration Rate
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic* / genetics
Renal Insufficiency* / genetics
Retrospective Studies
United States / epidemiology
White People / genetics