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Removing race modifiers in equations used to estimate kidney function
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announce the concurrent publication of Special Article: Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases: An Interim Report from the NKF-ASN Task Force in the
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) and the
American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD).
The publication in
JASN and
AJKD provides an essential review of the many challenges relative to identifying and implementing alternative methods to diagnosing kidney diseases. Last month, ASN and NKF asserted that race modifiers should not be included in equations used to estimate kidney function. ASN and NKF also stated that current race-based equations should be replaced by a substitute that is accurate, representative, unbiased, and provides a standardized approach to diagnosing kidney diseases.
Malika Fair is a new mother. She’s an African American. She’s a practicing physician. And, she’s the senior director of health equity partnerships and programs at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), as well as an associate clinical professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C.
All of which gives her a pretty panoramic perspective on how Black people are treated by the healthcare system in the U.S. One common practice that deeply concerns Dr. Fair is called “race-norming,” which refers to the adjustment of medical test results or medical risk assessments based on a patient’s race. In other words, if you’re Black , you might score differently than you would if you are white with the identical or similar set of symptoms simply because of the color of your skin.
Kidney dialysis patients 40 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID
COVID-19 hospitalization and all-cause death rates for patients with end-stage kidney disease undergoing dialysis, as well as kidney transplant recipients, climbed steeply early in the pandemic, and both exhibited racial disparities, according to a study published yesterday in the
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (
JASN).
Researchers at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute in Minneapolis retrospectively analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Renal Management Information System before and after the emergence of COVID-19.
The investigators found that when the hospitalization rate for COVID-19 patients undergoing dialysis peaked from Mar 22 to Apr 25, 2020, it was 40 times higher than that of the rest of the population. And the risk of death from any cause was 17% higher among those on dialysis and 30% higher among kidney transplant recipients from Mar 22 to Jul 4, 2
The publication in JASN and AJKD provides an essential review of the many challenges relative to identifying and implementing alternative methods to diagnosing kidney diseases. Last month, ASN and NKF asserted that race modifiers should not be included in equations used to estimate kidney function. ASN and NKF also stated that current race-based equations should be replaced by a substitute that is accurate, representative, unbiased, and provides a standardized approach to diagnosing kidney diseases.
In its final report, the task force will recommend the best approach to replace the existing equations for estimating kidney function. As a result, the interim report is the second in a three-step process: 1) agree to replace race-based equations; 2) review the many challenges relative to identifying and implementing alternative methods; and 3) recommend the best approach for replacing existing equations) to accomplishing the goal NKF and ASN established in July 2020 to examine the incl