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Clinicians may retain standard CKD-EPI without added variables; extends prior validations but leaves further optimization open.
The CKD-EPI equation, based on creatinine, age, sex and race, has been validated and is more accurate than the MDRD study equation. The addition of weight, diabetes and transplant does not significantly improve equation performance.
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