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Modification of Diet in Renal Disease eGFR calculation

Usage

mdrd_egfr(sexf, raceb, age, creat)

Arguments

sexf

a boolean representing if the patient is female.

raceb

a boolean representing if the patient is black.

age

the age of the patient in years

creat

the serum creatinine levels in mg/dL

Value

the eGFR in mL/min/1.73 m^2

Examples

e <- mdrd_egfr(TRUE, TRUE, 24, 1)

df <- data.frame(
   "SEXF" = c(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE),
   "RACEB" = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE),
   "AGE" = c(24, 24, 23, 24),
   "CREAT" = c(1, 1, 2, 1)
   )
df <- dplyr::mutate(df, egfr = mdrd_egfr(SEXF, RACEB, AGE, CREAT))