American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 918-926 , December 2007

Calibration of Serum Creatinine in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 1988-1994, 1999-2004

  • Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Jane Manzi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Lesley A. Stevens, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Frederick Van Lente, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • David A. Lacher, MD, MEd

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD.
    • ,
  • Andrew S. Levey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Josef Coresh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 E Monument, Ste 2-600, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Received 4 May 2007 ,Accepted 28 August 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.08.020 on November 5, 2007.Because an author of this manuscript is an editor for AJKD, the peer-review and decision-making processes were handled entirely by an outside editor, Bryan Becker, MD, University of Wisconsin, who served as Acting Editor-in-Chief. Details of the journal’s procedures for potential editor conflicts are given in the Editorial Policies section of the AJKD website.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01244-9

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.08.020

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 918-926 , December 2007

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