MDRD 6 Variable Formula

**Semantic type:** Quantitative Concept

**Definition:** A formula to estimate glomerular filtration rate that takes into account age, sex, race, serum creatinine, serum urea nitrogen, and albumin. eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) = 170 x (SCr/88.4)^-0.999 x age^-0.176 x (SU x 2.78)^-0.170 x albumin^0.318 x (0.762, if female) x (1.18, if African American). (Levey AS, Greene T, Kusek JW, Beck GJ, MDRD study group. A simplified equation to predict glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine. J Am Soc Nephrol 2000; 11: A0828.)

**Synonyms:** - MDRD 6 VARIABLE FORMULA