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Group's Efforts Lead to Removal of Race as a Variable in Common Test of Kidney Function
July 14, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 14 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:

A group of Vanderbilt students, residents and faculty -- connected through their passion for health equity -- have identified and worked together to rectify longstanding concerns about the inappropriate use of race as a variable in the calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which estimates a patient's level of kidney function and helps determine the stage of kidney d . . .

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