Superiority of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation over the Cockcroft–Gault equation in screening for impaired kidney function in Japanese Americans

Gerchman, Fernando; Tong, Jenny; Utzschneider, Kristina M.; Hull, Rebecca L.; Zraika, Sakeneh; Udayasankar, Jayalakshmi; McNeely, Marguerite J.; Andress, Dennis L.; Leonetti, Donna L.; Boyko, Edward J.; Fujimoto, Wilfred Y.; Kahn, Steven E.

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2006.11.001

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Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 320-326, August 2007

Superiority of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation over the Cockcroft–Gault equation in screening for impaired kidney function in Japanese Americans

Fernando Gerchman
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Jenny Tong
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Kristina M. Utzschneider
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Rebecca L. Hull
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Sakeneh Zraika
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Jayalakshmi Udayasankar
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Marguerite J. McNeely
- Division of General Internal Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Dennis L. Andress
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Donna L. Leonetti
- Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Edward J. Boyko
- Division of General Internal Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Epidemiology Research Information Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle WA, USA
Wilfred Y. Fujimoto
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Steven E. Kahn
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Corresponding author at: VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington (151), 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA. Tel.: +1 206 764 2148; fax: +1 206 277 3011.