Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mean FEV 1 and FVC percent predicted changed with use of race-neutral vs. race-specific equations. The impact of ...

Adjustment for race is discouraged in lung-function testing, but the implications of adopting race-neutral equations have not been comprehensively quantified. We obtained longitudinal data from ...

A systematic review found that alternative approaches to calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were worth looking into to properly account for diversity in populations. A review ...

About The Study: The use of race-neutral reference equations to interpret pulmonary function tests resulted in a significant increase in the number of Black individuals with respiratory impairments ...

The current guideline-recommended creatinine-based eGFR equation incorporates a race coefficient that may overestimate eGFR in Black adults and contribute to discordant care. Among equations for ...

Despite ongoing progress, structural racism and health disparities continue to shape healthcare practices in ways healthcare providers may not even realize. A recent study in JAMA Network Open, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of patients with CKD stages 3 to 5, 45.8% of Black adults were reclassified to more advanced stages. Overall, 44 ...

Using race-based equations to evaluate lung disease – a practice promoted in the 2019 guidelines of the American Thoracic Society – may mean that severe lung disease in Black patients is classified as ...

Race-neutral equations identified twice as many Black children with asthma or asthma symptoms, in comparison to race-specific equations. HealthDay News — Using a race-neutral equation identifies more ...