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ABSTRACT: Background
Clinical practice guidelines recommend estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using validated equations based on serum creatinine (eGFRcr), cystatin C (eGFRcys), or both (eGFRcr-cys). However, when compared with the measured GFR (mGFR), only eGFRcr-cys meets recommended performance standards. Our goal was to develop a more accurate eGFR method using a panel of metabolites without creatinine, cystatin C, or demographic variables.Methods
An ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay for acetylthreonine, phenylacetylglutamine, pseudouridine, and tryptophan was developed, and a 20-day, multiinstrument analytical validation was conducted. The assay was tested in 2424 participants with mGFR data from 4 independent research studies. A new GFR equation (eGFRmet) was developed in a random subset (n = 1615) and evaluated in the remaining participants (n = 809). Performance was assessed as the frequency of large errors [estimates that differed from mGFR by at least 30% (1 - P30); goal <10%].Results
The assay had a mean imprecision (≤10% intraassay, ≤6.9% interassay), linearity over the quantitative range (r 2 > 0.98), and analyte recovery (98.5%-113%). There was no carryover, no interferences observed, and analyte stability was established. In addition, 1 - P30 in the validation set for eGFRmet (10.0%) was more accurate than eGFRcr (13.1%) and eGFRcys (12.0%) but not eGFRcr-cys (8.7%). Combining metabolites, creatinine, cystatin C, and demographics led to the most accurate equation (7.0%). Neither equation had substantial variation among population subgroups.Conclusions
The new eGFRmet equation could serve as a confirmatory test for GFR estimation.
SUBMITTER: Freed TA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6646882 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freed Tiffany A TA Coresh Josef J Inker Lesley A LA Toal Douglas R DR Perichon Regis R Chen Jingsha J Goodman Kelli D KD Zhang Qibo Q Conner Jessie K JK Hauser Deirdre M DM Vroom Kate E T KET Oyaski Maria L ML Wulff Jacob E JE Eiríksdóttir Gudný G Gudnason Vilmundur V Torres Vicente E VE Ford Lisa A LA Levey Andrew S AS
Clinical chemistry 20190115 3
<h4>Background</h4>Clinical practice guidelines recommend estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using validated equations based on serum creatinine (eGFRcr), cystatin C (eGFRcys), or both (eGFRcr-cys). However, when compared with the measured GFR (mGFR), only eGFRcr-cys meets recommended performance standards. Our goal was to develop a more accurate eGFR method using a panel of metabolites without creatinine, cystatin C, or demographic variables.<h4>Methods</h4>An ultra-performance liq ...[more]