Estimating glomerular filtration rate in the general population: the second Health Survey of Nord-Trondelag (HUNT II)

摘要

Background. Guidelines recommend the modification of diet in the renal disease (MDRD) formula or the Cockcroft–Gault formula for estimating the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). However, there is an ongoing discussion whether the MDRD formula should be used in the general population as several studies have found a large underestimation of its GFR estimates.