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Estimates GFR in children and young adults (ages 1-25) using the CKiD U25 cystatin C equation (Pierce et al., 2021).

Usage

egfr_ckid_u25_cys(
  cystatin,
  age,
  sex,
  label_sex_male = "male",
  label_sex_female = "female"
)

Arguments

cystatin

Numeric vector of serum cystatin C in mg/L.

age

Numeric vector of age in years.

sex

Vector of sex labels (see label_sex_male/label_sex_female).

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.

References

Pierce CB, et al. Kidney Int. 2021;99(4):948-956. doi:10.1016/j.kint.2020.10.047

Examples

egfr_ckid_u25_cys(cystatin = 0.8, age = 10, sex = "male")
#> [1] 103.1979