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Higher Serum Creatinine Concentrations in Black Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

2008; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 3; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2215/cjn.00090108

1555-905X

Joy Hsu, Kirsten L. Johansen, Chi‐yuan Hsu, George A. Kaysen, Glenn M. Chertow,

Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment

Serum creatinine concentrations tend to be higher in black than white individuals and people of other races or ethnicities. These differences have been assumed to be largely related to race-related differences in body composition, especially muscle mass.