The most important test to check the health of the kidney is the kidney function test. It is also called renal function test. In this, the functioning of the kidney is checked on several parameters ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...

Average creatinine levels can vary depending on a person’s age, sex, and muscle mass. However, average ranges are 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) for males and 0.5 to 1.0 for females.

New normative data and a web-based kidney calculator help doctors detect kidney disease early by comparing eGFR scores to age ...

Subtle abnormalities in kidney function – even within the range considered normal – may help identify people at risk of ...