Decreased GFR estimated by MDRD or Cockcroft-Gault equation predicts incident CVD: the Strong Heart Study.

Conclusions: The MDRD and CG equations labeled more participants as having decreased GFR than did Scr alone. Decreased eGFR was predictive of CVD in samthis American Indian population with a high prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
PMID: 19557714 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)