The racist “one drop rule” influencing science: it is time to stop teaching “race corrections” in medicine

Abolish race correction

(2021) Dorothy E Roberts   LANCET

No evidence of racial disparities in blood pressure salt sensitivity when potassium intake exceeds levels recommended in the US dietary guidelines

(2021) Theodore W. Kurtz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Precision in GFR Reporting

(2020) Vanessa Grubbs   Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Hidden in Plain Sight — Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms

(2020) Darshali A. Vyas et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Examining the Potential Impact of Race Multiplier Utilization in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculation on African-American Care Outcomes

(2020) Salman Ahmed et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Which Methods for Determining Glomerular Filtration Rate Most Strongly Associate with Risk of Progression of Kidney Disease?

(2019) Anders H. Berg et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

First African-American to hold a medical degree: brief history of James McCune Smith, abolitionist, educator, and physician

(2019) Heidi L. Lujan et al.   ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION

Reconsidering the Consequences of Using Race to Estimate Kidney Function

(2019) Nwamaka Denise Eneanya et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations

(2019) Eva K. F. Chan et al.   NATURE

Science reflects history as society influences science: brief history of “race,” “race correction,” and the spirometer

(2018) Heidi L. Lujan et al.   ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION

The “African gene” theory: it is time to stop teaching and promoting the slavery hypertension hypothesis

(2018) Heidi L. Lujan et al.   ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION

Kidney Disease Among African Americans: A Population Perspective

(2018) Marciana Laster et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

Discordance Between Iothalamate and Iohexol Urinary Clearances

(2016) Jesse C. Seegmiller et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

GFR as the “Gold Standard”: Estimated, Measured, and True

(2016) Andrew S. Levey et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

Socioeconomic Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease

(2015) Susanne B. Nicholas et al.   ADVANCES IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Generation of a New Cystatin C-Based Estimating Equation for Glomerular Filtration Rate by Use of 7 Assays Standardized to the International Calibrator

(2014) A. Grubb et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Comparing GFR Estimating Equations Using Cystatin C and Creatinine in Elderly Individuals

(2014) L. Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Association of a Cystatin C Gene Variant With Cystatin C Levels, CKD, and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality

(2013) Conall M. O'Seaghdha et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

(2013) Andrew S. Levey et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Two Novel Equations to Estimate Kidney Function in Persons Aged 70 Years or Older

(2013) Elke S. Schaeffner et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Racial Disparities in Kidney Disease Outcomes

(2013) Susanne B. Nicholas et al.   SEMINARS IN NEPHROLOGY

The Contribution of Donor Quality to Differential Graft Survival in African American and Caucasian Renal Transplant Recipients

(2012) R. M. Cannon et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine and Cystatin C

(2012) Lesley A. Inker et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Iothalamate Quantification by Tandem Mass Spectrometry to Measure Glomerular Filtration Rate

(2010) J. C. Seegmiller et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

A Comprehensive Risk Quantification Score for Deceased Donor Kidneys: The Kidney Donor Risk Index

(2009) Panduranga S. Rao et al.   TRANSPLANTATION