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A Step Toward Health Equity for Veterans: Evidence Supports Removing Race From Kidney Function Calculations
- Author:
- The Jesse Brown for Black Lives (JB4BL) Clinical Committee
- Cheryl K. Conner, MD, MPH
- Bijal Jain, MD
- Ambareen Khan, DO
- Marci L. Laragh, MD
- Sheryl Lowery, PharmD, BCPS
- Natasha Nichols, MD
- Janine Steffan, MD
- Jane K. Weber, MSN
- Samantha White, APRN
The incorporation of a race coefficient in kidney estimation equations lacks biological plausibility and its use exacerbates kidney health...