Journal article
Study protocol - Accurate assessment of kidney function in indigenous Australians: Aims and methods of the eGFR study
LJ Maple-Brown, PD Lawton, JT Hughes, SK Sharma, GR Jones, AG Ellis, W Hoy, A Cass, RJ MacIsaac, AK Sinha, MA Thomas, LS Piers, LC Ward, K Drabsch, S Panagiotopoulos, R McDermott, K Warr, S Cherian, A Brown, G Jerums Show all
BMC Public Health | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2010
Abstract
Background. There is an overwhelming burden of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease among Indigenous Australians. In this high risk population, it is vital that we are able to measure accurately kidney function. Glomerular filtration rate is the best overall marker of kidney function. However, differences in body build and body composition between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians suggest that creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate derived for European populations may not be appropriate for Indigenous Australians. The burden of kidney disease is borne disproportionately by Indigenous Australians in central and northern Australia, and th..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of eGFR study participants, study staff, and partner organisations. The eGFR Study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC, Project Grant #545202), with additional support from Kidney Health Australia, Colonial Foundation, Rebecca L Cooper Foundation and SeaSwift, Thursday Island. LMB was supported by NHMRC Program Grant #320860 and the Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Clinical Science in Diabetes, University of Melbourne. Alan Cass holds a Senior Research Fellowship from the NHMRC. Funding bodies had no role in the study design, in the collection, analysis or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.