Comparison of serum creatinine levels in different color/race categories in a Brazilian population

• Main Authors: Roberto Carlos de Brito Barcellos (Author), Jorge Paulo Strogoff de Matos (Author), Hye Chung Kang (Author), Maria Luiza Garcia Rosa (Author), Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Serum creatinine (sCr) is usually higher among black people in the United States due to increased muscle mass, justifying the addition of race adjustment in creatinine-based formulas to estimate glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). We aimed to assess if sCr levels are different in low-income communiti...