Estimated Versus Measured Glomerular Filtration Rate in Men at Risk for Mesoamerican Nephropathy

Nathan H. Raines, Lesley A. Inker, Jesse C. Seegmiller, Daniel R. Brooks, Marvin Gonzalez-Quiroz, David J. Friedman

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)370-373
Number of pages4
JournalAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume81
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2023

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Research idea and study design: NHR, DJF, MGQ; data acquisition: NHR, MGQ, JCS; data analysis/interpretation: NHR, JCS, LAI, MGQ, DJF; statistical analysis: NHR, LAI; supervision or mentorship: DJF, LAI, DRB; MGQ and DJF contributed equally to this work. Each author contributed important intellectual content during manuscript drafting or revision and agrees to be personally accountable for the individual's own contributions and to ensure that questions pertaining to the accuracy or integrity of any portion of the work, even one in which the author was not directly involved, are appropriately investigated and resolved, including with documentation in the literature if appropriate. This work was supported by internal funds from the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr Raines is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Physician Scientist Fellowship Award Grant #202182. Funding sources had no role in study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing the report; or the decision to submit the report for publication. The authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests. NHR is Chair of the Board of Directors of La Isla Network, a not-for-profit dedicated to research on CKD of nontraditional origin, and Co-Chair of the Board of the Consortium for the Epidemic of Nephropathy in Central America and Mexico (CENCAM), a not-for-profit research society. MG-Q is a Co-Chair of the Board of CENCAM. DRB is a member of the Board of CENCAM. None of these roles involve financial compensation. Robert Brown provided valuable insights into the use of body surface area in eGFR equations. Sarah Knapp provided editorial assistance. Received June 10, 2022. Evaluated by 3 external peer reviewers, with direct editorial input from a Statistics/Methods Editor, an Associate Editor, and a Deputy Editor who served as Acting Editor-in-Chief. Accepted in revised form August 29, 2022. The involvement of an Acting Editor-in-Chief was to comply with AJKD's procedures for potential conflicts of interest for editors, described in the Information for Authors & Journal Policies.

Funding Information:
This work was supported by internal funds from the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center . Dr Raines is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Physician Scientist Fellowship Award Grant #202182. Funding sources had no role in study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing the report; or the decision to submit the report for publication.

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