Physician-scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine recently conducted a large-scale analysis to assess the impact of a newly introduced equation used to evaluate one's heart failure risk.
Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMAug 16 2023 The study, published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure, showed that the new and old kidney function equations had comparable values in predicting the risk of heart failure.
In an attempt to reduce these disparities, the National Kidney Foundation introduced the race-independent equation to estimate kidney function. This race-free equation uses the levels of two substances to estimate kidney function and was shown to be more accurate than the previous equation." Heart failure affects about 6.2 million adults in the United States and costs the nation approximately $30.
Several lifesaving drugs that reduce the risk of death from heart failure require kidney function to be adequate to administer the medication safely. The previous equation was known to generate lower estimates of kidney function in Black individuals, which made them ineligible for heart failure therapies. Widespread adoption of the new kidney function equation will increase the eligibility of heart failure therapeutics in Black individuals.
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