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Table 9 Bias, precision, and accuracy of creatinine and cystatin C estimates for patients with estimated < 60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (n = 20)

From: Comparative study of various glomerular filtration rate estimating equations in Egyptian patients with hepatitis C virus-related liver cirrhosis: a single-center observational study

 

Bias

Precision

Accuracy % within

10%

30%

Estimates using serum creatinine

• Cockcroft-Gault

− 20.5

13.6

5

23

• MDRD

− 4.1

8.1

43

83

• CKD-EPI

− 6.5

8.7

30

85

Estimates using both serum creatinine and cystatin C

• CKD-EPI creatinine cystatin C

4.1

5

73

95

Estimates using serum cystatin C

• CKD-EPI cystatin C

9.8

7.3

23

70