Diabetes
New Diabetes Research Reported from University of Liverpool
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 15th, 2011
2011 AUG 15 -- According to the authors of recent research from Liverpool, United Kingdom, "GFR is commonly estimated using the four-variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula and this forms the basis for classification of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We investigated the effect of obesity on the estimation of glomerular filtration rate in type 2 diabetic participants with CKD."
"We enrolled 111 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in different stages of CKD. GFR was measured using Cr-51-labelled EDTA plasma clearance and was estimated using the four-variable MDRD formula. The bias between estimated and measured GFR was -22.4 (-33.8 to...
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