Monitoring Kidney Function in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Incipient and Overt Diabetic Nephropathy

Abstract

OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this study was to assess agreement between glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and the decline in GFR estimated with the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study Group equation or the Cockcroft-Gault formula and measured by the plasma clearance of ⁵¹Cr-EDTA.