Methods| We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES) characterizing a crosssectional sample of the noninstitutionalized US population …

Background Kidney disease (KD) is an important health equity issue with Black, Hispanic,
and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals experiencing a disproportionate disease …

Introduction: The use of race in estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) started a
critical national conversation on numerous areas of medicine touched by racism; with a call …

Recent recognitions of longstanding societal inequity in kidney function assessments have
prompted the call to eliminate race as part of the algorithm to assess estimated glomerular …

Background: Black patients have a high burden of kidney disease yet experience lower
rates of waitlisting and kidney transplantation. There is a myriad of reasons for these …

In 2021, a committee was commissioned by the Canadian Society of Nephrology to
comment on the 2021 National Kidney Foundation–American Society of Nephrology Task …

Importance Significant racial and ethnic disparities in chronic kidney disease (CKD)
progression and outcomes are well documented, as is low use of guideline-recommended …

Background: In some jurisdictions, individuals become eligible or recommended for referral
for different types of kidney care using criteria based on their estimated glomerular filtration …

Objective Recent changes to the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration
estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) formula (2021 CKD‐EPI) removed race from the …

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 1 in 7 Americans with 90% of adults
unaware of their disease. Routine lab monitoring is crucial for optimal CKD disease …