Performance of Serum β2-Microglobulin– and β-Trace Protein–Based Panel Markers and 2021 Creatinine- and Cystatin-Based GFR Estimating Equations in Pakistan

Yeli Wang, Andrew S. Levey, Lesley A. Inker, Saleem Jessani, Rasool Bux, Zainab Samad, Sonia Yaqub, Amy B. Karger, John C. Allen, Tazeen H. Jafar

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number100444
JournalKidney Medicine
Volume4
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2022

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Research idea and study design: THJ, ASL, LAI; data acquisition: THJ, SJ, RB, SY, ZS; data analysis: YW, JA, ABK, THJ; interpretation and first draft: YW with input from THJ; critical revisions and approval of final paper: all authors. Each author contributed important intellectual content during manuscript drafting or revision and accepts accountability for the overall work by ensuring that questions pertaining to the accuracy or integrity of any portion of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. The study was supported by a research award (1R03TW007588-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center (PI: THJ). The measurements and analyses were supported by grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant R01DK097020 ?Estimating GFR from a Panel of Endogenous Filtration Markers? to Tufts Medical Center. YW is supported by the National Research Service Award training-grant from the National Institutes of Health (T32HL098048). The design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of the data were the responsibility of the authors with no involvement from the funders. The authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests. Received June 27, 2021 Evaluated by 1 external peer reviewer and a statistician, with editorial input from an Acting Editor-in-Chief (Editorial Board Member Mehmet Kanbay, MD). Accepted in revised form January 17, 2022. The involvement of an Acting Editor-in-Chief to handle the peer-review and decision-making processes was to comply with Kidney Medicine's procedures for potential conflicts of interest for editors, described in the Information for Authors & Journal Policies.

Funding Information:
The study was supported by a research award (1R03TW007588-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health , Fogarty International Center (PI: THJ). The measurements and analyses were supported by grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant R01DK097020 “Estimating GFR from a Panel of Endogenous Filtration Markers” to Tufts Medical Center . YW is supported by the National Research Service Award training-grant from the National Institutes of Health (T32HL098048). The design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of the data were the responsibility of the authors with no involvement from the funders.

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