Abstract The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equations provide a rapid
method of assessing GFR in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, previous
research indicated that modification of these equations is necessary for application in
Chinese patients with CKD. The objective of this study was to modify MDRD equations on
the basis of the data from the Chinese CKD population and compare the diagnostic
performance of the modified MDRD equations with that of the original MDRD equations …