Publications by authors named "K Asling-Monemi"

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  • The study aimed to enhance the Lund-Malmö GFR equation using rescaled cystatin C (r-LMR) and validate it against measured GFR in a large cohort of children and adults.
  • Validation results showed that r-LMR performed with 86.2% accuracy in adults, outpacing the CAPA equation, indicating r-LMR is a reliable method for estimating GFR.
  • The findings suggest that adapting the Lund-Malmö equation for rescaled cystatin C yields similar results to those based on rescaled creatinine, hinting at a reduced future need for specific GFR estimating equations.
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  • The study evaluates the effectiveness of machine learning (ML) techniques in predicting glomerular filtration rate (GFR) compared to the traditional EKFC equation, which measures kidney function.
  • Using data from 19,629 patients across 13 cohorts, the researchers tested various ML methods, particularly focusing on factors like age, sex, and serum creatinine levels.
  • Results indicated that the random forest (RF) method performed similarly to EKFC, with slight advantages for RF in younger patients, suggesting ML could enhance future GFR prediction methods.
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Background: Creatinine-based equations are the most used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI), the re-expressed Lund-Malmö Revised (r-LMR) and the European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) equations are the most validated. The EKFC and r-LMR equations have been suggested to have better performances in young adults, but this is debated.

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Background: A new cystatin C based European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) equation was recently developed for adults, using the same mathematical form as the previously published full age spectrum creatinine based EKFC-equation (EKFC). In the present study the cystatin C based EKFC-equation is extended to children, by defining the appropriate cystatin C rescaling factor Q.

Methods: Rescaling factor Q for cystatin C was defined as: a) 0.

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Background: A new Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation without the race variable has been recently proposed (CKD-EPIAS). This equation has neither been validated outside USA nor compared with the new European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) and Lund-Malmö Revised (LMREV) equations, developed in European cohorts.

Methods: Standardized creatinine and measured glomerular filtration rate (GFR) from the European EKFC cohorts (n = 13 856 including 6031 individuals in the external validation cohort), from France (n = 4429, including 964 Black Europeans), from Brazil (n = 100) and from Africa (n = 508) were used to test the performances of the equations.

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