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Use of Race in Kidney Function Estimation: Lessons Learned and the Path Toward Health Justice.

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Mohottige, D; Olabisi, O; Boulware, LE
Published in: Annu Rev Med
January 27, 2023

In 2020, the nephrology community formally interrogated long-standing race-based clinical algorithms used in the field, including the kidney function estimation equations. A comprehensive understanding of the history of kidney function estimation and racial essentialism is necessary to understand underpinnings of the incorporation of a Black race coefficient into prior equations. We provide a review of this history, as well as the considerations used to develop race-free equations that are a guidepost for a more equity-oriented, scientifically rigorous future for kidney function estimation and other clinical algorithms and processes in which race may be embedded as a variable.

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Annu Rev Med

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1545-326X

Publication Date

January 27, 2023

Volume

74

Start / End Page

385 / 400

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Racial Groups
  • Kidney
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Black People
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Mohottige, D., Olabisi, O., & Boulware, L. E. (2023). Use of Race in Kidney Function Estimation: Lessons Learned and the Path Toward Health Justice. Annu Rev Med, 74, 385–400. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-med-042921-124419
Mohottige, Dinushika, Opeyemi Olabisi, and L Ebony Boulware. “Use of Race in Kidney Function Estimation: Lessons Learned and the Path Toward Health Justice.Annu Rev Med 74 (January 27, 2023): 385–400. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-med-042921-124419.
Mohottige D, Olabisi O, Boulware LE. Use of Race in Kidney Function Estimation: Lessons Learned and the Path Toward Health Justice. Annu Rev Med. 2023 Jan 27;74:385–400.
Mohottige, Dinushika, et al. “Use of Race in Kidney Function Estimation: Lessons Learned and the Path Toward Health Justice.Annu Rev Med, vol. 74, Jan. 2023, pp. 385–400. Pubmed, doi:10.1146/annurev-med-042921-124419.
Mohottige D, Olabisi O, Boulware LE. Use of Race in Kidney Function Estimation: Lessons Learned and the Path Toward Health Justice. Annu Rev Med. 2023 Jan 27;74:385–400.

Published In

Annu Rev Med

DOI

EISSN

1545-326X

Publication Date

January 27, 2023

Volume

74

Start / End Page

385 / 400

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Racial Groups
  • Kidney
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Black People
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences