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CAPA paediatric cystatin C eGFR (2014)

Source: R/pediatric.R
egfr_capa.Rd

Estimates GFR from serum cystatin C using the Caucasian, Asian, paediatric, and adult (CAPA) equation (Grubb et al., 2014).

Usage

egfr_capa(cystatin, age)

Arguments

cystatin

Numeric vector of serum cystatin C in mg/L.

age

Numeric vector of age in years.

Value

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

References

Grubb A, Horio M, Hansson LO, et al. Generation of a new cystatin C-based estimating equation for GFR by use of 7 assays standardized to the international calibrator. Clin Chem. 2014;60(7):974-986. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2013.220707

Examples

egfr_capa(cystatin = 1.0, age = 12)
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