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Personal Stakes
- Dr. Amaka Inanya, a nephrologist, became involved in a controversy about a racially-biased kidney function equation.
- Her family was directly affected by the equation, motivating her involvement.
Two Equations
- Doctors used two equations to estimate kidney function, one for Black patients and another for everyone else.
- This resulted in Black patients appearing to have better kidney function, potentially delaying transplants.
Race in eGFR
- The first estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equation was developed in 1999.
- It included race as a variable, claiming it improved accuracy for Black individuals, leading to separate equations.