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Berlin Initiative Study (BIS1) creatinine eGFR (2012)

Source: R/ekfc.R
egfr_bis_cr.Rd

Estimates GFR from serum creatinine using the BIS1 equation (Schaeffner et al., 2012), developed in an elderly (>= 70 years) German cohort.

Usage

egfr_bis_cr(
  creatinine,
  age,
  sex,
  creatinine_units = "mg/dl",
  label_sex_male = "male",
  label_sex_female = "female"
)

Arguments

creatinine

Numeric vector of serum creatinine.

age

Numeric vector of age in years.

sex

Vector of sex labels (see label_sex_male/label_sex_female).

creatinine_units

Units of creatinine: "mg/dl" (default) or "umol/l".

label_sex_male, label_sex_female

Values in sex that denote male and female records. Defaults to "male"/"female".

Value

Numeric vector of eGFR in mL/min/1.73m^2.

Validity

Derived in 610 community-dwelling Germans aged 70 years or older (mean age 78.5). It should not be applied below age 70, and the authors note that no external validation dataset was used.

References

Schaeffner ES, Ebert N, Delanaye P, et al. Two novel equations to estimate kidney function in persons aged 70 years or older. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157(7):471-481. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-157-7-201210020-00003

Examples

egfr_bis_cr(creatinine = 1.1, age = 75, sex = "female")
#> [1] 46.65529