OriginalComparison of the MDRD and the CKD-EPI equations to estimate the glomerular filtration rate in the general populationComparación de las ecuaciones MDRD y CKD-EPI en la estimación de la tasa de filtrado glomerular en la población general

Background and objective The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CDK-EPI) equation has been proposed as a replacement for the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation to estimate the glomerular filtration rate, but this equation has not yet been evaluated in the general population.